Odh-dashboard: odh-dashboard: clusterrole grants cluster-wide crud on secrets and rbac management resources
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-250.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25 | — | 1785940823 | Patch available | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25 | — | 1791853432 | Patch available | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3 | — | 1786109683 | Patch available | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 | — | 1786109665 | Patch available | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 | — | 1791861032 | Patch available | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 | — | 1791860994 | Patch available | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 | — | 1791861214 | Patch available | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 | — | 1791861479 | Patch available | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 | — | 1791860708 | Patch available | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 | — | 1791861383 | Patch available | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 | — | 1791860918 | Patch available | CNA |
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1785940823 Patch available CNA
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1791853432 Patch available CNA
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1786109683 Patch available CNA
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1786109665 Patch available CNA
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1791861032 Patch available CNA
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1791860994 Patch available CNA
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1791861214 Patch available CNA
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1791861479 Patch available CNA
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1791860708 Patch available CNA
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1791861383 Patch available CNA
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1791860918 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Red Hat 5 advisories
- RHSA-2026:87410 Released 2026-10-21 · Red Hat rating CriticalRHOAI 2.25.12 - Red Hat OpenShift AI
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25 registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-built-in-detector-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-caikit-nlp-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-codeflare-operator-rhel9 +47
- RHSA-2026:84734 Released 2026-10-19 · Red Hat rating CriticalRHOAI 3.4.5 - Red Hat OpenShift AI
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-ai-gateway-payload-processing-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-automl-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-autorag-rhel9 +47
- RHSA-2026:53263 Released 2026-08-11 · Red Hat rating CriticalRHOAI 3.3.6 - Red Hat OpenShift AI
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3 registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-built-in-detector-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-data-science-pipelines-operator-controller-rhel9 +6
Show 2 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2026:53262 Released 2026-08-11 · Red Hat rating CriticalRHOAI 3.4.3 - Red Hat OpenShift AI
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-built-in-detector-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-data-science-pipelines-operator-controller-rhel9 +8
- RHSA-2026:53261 Released 2026-08-11 · Red Hat rating CriticalRHOAI 2.25.10 - Red Hat OpenShift AI
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25 registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-built-in-detector-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-data-science-pipelines-operator-controller-rhel9 +6
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Critical. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:53261, RHSA-2026:87410 |
| Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:53263 |
| Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:53262, RHSA-2026:84734 |
Not affected: 3 products
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-18949
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vccp-8mm3-h2f6
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: rhoai/odh-mod-arch-automl-rhel9@1791861032, rhoai/odh-mod-arch-autorag-rhel9@1791860994, rhoai/odh-mod-arch-eval-hub-rhel9@1791861214 +4 · CNA
- 2026-10-19 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-20 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
- 2026-10-20 Fix available: RHSA-2026:84734 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-20 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-22 Fix available: rhoai/odh-mod-arch-model-registry-rhel9@1791853432 · CNA
- 2026-10-22 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-22 Fix available: RHSA-2026:87410 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
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Sources
- CVE-2026-18949 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-18949 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vccp-8mm3-h2f6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-18949 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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