Description
A flaw was found in the Data Science Pipelines Operator. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to derive sensitive credentials, such as MariaDB root/user passwords and MinIO access/secret keys, if they can access the MinIO Route or MariaDB Service. The flaw occurs because the operator uses a cryptographically weak pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) to generate these credentials, making them predictable. Successful exploitation could lead to unauthorized access to all pipeline artifacts and metadata, resulting in significant information disclosure.
Published: 2026-08-10
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Workaround

To mitigate this issue, users should explicitly provide strong, cryptographically secure credentials for MariaDB and MinIO when deploying the Data Science Pipelines Operator. Additionally, restrict network access to the MinIO and MariaDB services using OpenShift NetworkPolicies to limit exposure. Avoid exposing MinIO via public OpenShift Routes unless absolutely necessary and ensure MariaDB is not configured with an empty root password.

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Mon, 10 Aug 2026 21:00:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in the Data Science Pipelines Operator. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to derive sensitive credentials, such as MariaDB root/user passwords and MinIO access/secret keys, if they can access the MinIO Route or MariaDB Service. The flaw occurs because the operator uses a cryptographically weak pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) to generate these credentials, making them predictable. Successful exploitation could lead to unauthorized access to all pipeline artifacts and metadata, resulting in significant information disclosure.
Title Data-science-pipelines-operator: dspo: cryptographically weak secret generation (math/rand) for db and s3 credentials
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat openshift Ai
Weaknesses CWE-338
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_ai
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat openshift Ai
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


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Redhat Openshift Ai
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-10T20:45:35.180Z

Reserved: 2026-08-03T07:27:28.101Z

Link: CVE-2026-18611

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-338

    Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)