Description
A flaw was found in odh-dashboard. This vulnerability allows an attacker, who has compromised the dashboard's Service Account (SA) token, to exploit overly broad permissions granted to the SA. This enables the attacker to escalate their privileges to cluster-administrator level, gain access to sensitive data like credentials and keys across the entire cluster, and disrupt multi-tenant isolation.
Published: 2026-08-10
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

A flaw in odh-dashboard grants its Service Account an overly broad ClusterRole that allows full control of secrets and RBAC resources. When an attacker compromises the dashboard’s Service Account token, the attacker can use these permissions to obtain all cluster secrets, keys and credentials, create new ClusterRoleBindings, and disrupt multi‑tenant isolation. The weakness corresponds to CWE‑250, leading to privilege escalation to cluster‑administrator level.

Affected Systems

Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) is the only affected product identified by the CNA. No specific version information is listed, so the vulnerability may be present in all supported releases of RHOAI.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 8.8 points to a high‑severity vulnerability, but the EPSS score is not available, indicating no current data on exploitation likelihood. The issue is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog. Exploitation requires that an attacker can obtain the odh‑dashboard Service Account token—typically through internal compromise or misconfiguration—after which they can leverage the ClusterRole to read and manipulate cluster‑wide secrets and RBAC settings. The attack vector therefore relies on internal access and permission abuse, resulting in cluster‑wide privilege escalation and data exposure.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 10, 2026 at 22:41 UTC.

Remediation

Vendor Workaround

To mitigate this issue, restrict access to the `opendatahub` namespace to limit potential compromise of the dashboard pod. Implement egress `NetworkPolicy` rules to control and restrict outbound network traffic from the dashboard. Additionally, configure audit log alerting to monitor for and detect any unexpected creation of `ClusterRoleBindings` within the cluster.


OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Restrict access to the opendatahub namespace to contain the odh‑dashboard Service Account and remove its cluster‑wide CRUD permissions on secrets and RBAC resources.
  • Implement an egress NetworkPolicy that limits outbound traffic from the odh‑dashboard pods to only the required destinations.
  • Configure audit log alerting to detect and notify on any unexpected creation of ClusterRoleBindings or other privilege‑escalation activity within the cluster.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 10, 2026 at 22:41 UTC.

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History

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_ai:2.25::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_ai:3.4::el9
References

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Red Hat
Red Hat red Hat Openshift Ai (rhoai)
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_ai:3.3::el9
Vendors & Products Red Hat
Red Hat red Hat Openshift Ai (rhoai)
References

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Critical


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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A flaw was found in odh-dashboard. This vulnerability allows an attacker, who has compromised the dashboard's Service Account (SA) token, to exploit overly broad permissions granted to the SA. This enables the attacker to escalate their privileges to cluster-administrator level, gain access to sensitive data like credentials and keys across the entire cluster, and disrupt multi-tenant isolation.
Title Odh-dashboard: odh-dashboard: clusterrole grants cluster-wide crud on secrets and rbac management resources
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat openshift Ai
Weaknesses CWE-250
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_ai
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat openshift Ai
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Subscriptions

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

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-11T18:39:02.666Z

Reserved: 2026-08-05T13:39:50.738Z

Link: CVE-2026-18949

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-11T17:14:00.955Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-08-10T21:17:21.443

Modified: 2026-08-14T19:07:46.080

Link: CVE-2026-18949

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2026-08-10T18:53:34Z

Links: CVE-2026-18949 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-11T05:00:09Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-250

    Execution with Unnecessary Privileges