Description
A flaw was found in Feast. An authorization bypass vulnerability exists in the /materialize and /materialize-incremental endpoints. By sending a specially crafted request that omits the feature_views field, an attacker can bypass intended permission checks. This allows an unauthenticated remote attacker, or any authenticated user, to trigger a full re-materialization of all feature views. The consequence is a Denial of Service (DoS) due to data corruption and significant resource consumption across all tenants.
Published: 2026-08-10
Score: 8.5 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

A flaw was discovered in Feast whereby the /materialize and /materialize-incremental endpoints do not verify the presence of the feature_views field before performing a full re-materialization. This omission permits an attacker to send a request that bypasses established permission checks, enabling them to initiate a complete re-materialization of all feature views. The resulting process consumes significant compute and storage resources, corrupts data, and can render the service unavailable. This vulnerability represents an improper access control weakness that can lead to denial of service, particularly affecting multi-tenant environments.

Affected Systems

Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI). No specific version information was supplied by the CNA, so the advisory applies to all releases of the product as documented in the CNA vendor list.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 8.5 classifies this issue as high severity, indicating a substantial impact if exploited. Although the EPSS score is not provided, the absence of a KEV entry suggests no currently documented exploits, but the flaw can be triggered remotely via crafted HTTP requests to the Feast feature server. Because the bypass allows both unauthenticated and authenticated users to launch the resource‑intensive operation, the threat model includes anyone who can reach the server, underscoring the need for immediate mitigation.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 10, 2026 at 22:42 UTC.

Remediation

Vendor Workaround

To mitigate this vulnerability, restrict network access to the Feast feature server to trusted clients only, using firewall rules or network policies. If the Feast feature server is configured with the default `no_auth` setting, enable Kubernetes/OIDC authentication to require user authentication for access. While enabling authentication will prevent unauthenticated exploitation, any authenticated user will still be able to trigger the denial of service due to the authorization bypass.


OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Restrict network access to the Feast feature server to trusted clients only, using firewall rules or Kubernetes network policies.
  • Enable Kubernetes/OIDC authentication for the Feast feature server to ensure that only authenticated users can reach the /materialize endpoints.
  • Monitor the service for signs of excessive resource consumption or repeated re-materialization requests and implement rate limiting if possible.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 10, 2026 at 22:42 UTC.

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History

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 02:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Red Hat
Red Hat red Hat Openshift Ai (rhoai)
Vendors & Products Red Hat
Red Hat red Hat Openshift Ai (rhoai)

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Mon, 10 Aug 2026 23:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A flaw was found in Feast. An authorization bypass vulnerability exists in the /materialize and /materialize-incremental endpoints. By sending a specially crafted request that omits the feature_views field, an attacker can bypass intended permission checks. This allows an unauthenticated remote attacker, or any authenticated user, to trigger a full re-materialization of all feature views. The consequence is a Denial of Service (DoS) due to data corruption and significant resource consumption across all tenants.
Title Feast: feast: authorization bypass in /materialize endpoints enables dos via unauthorized full re-materialization
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat openshift Ai
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_ai
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat openshift Ai
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L'}


Subscriptions

Red Hat Red Hat Openshift Ai (rhoai)
Redhat Openshift Ai
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-10T20:44:51.512Z

Reserved: 2026-08-05T13:33:36.903Z

Link: CVE-2026-18947

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cve-icon NVD

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cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-08-10T19:49:42Z

Links: CVE-2026-18947 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-11T02:15:03Z

Weaknesses