---
id: CVE-2026-18982
title: A flaw was found in the RHOAI training-operator
summary: >-
  A flaw was found in the RHOAI training-operator. This vulnerability allows a
  user with standard edit or admin roles in any Kubernetes namespace to escalate
  their privileges. Through the creation of training jobs, an attacker can
  imperson…
severity: high
cvss: 8.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-250
vendor: Red Hat
product: rhoai/odh-training-operator-rhel9
affected:
  - rhoai/odh-training-operator-rhel9 (all versions)
  - rhoai/odh-training-operator-rhel9 (all versions)
  - rhoai/odh-training-operator-rhel9 (all versions)
  - rhoai/odh-training-operator-rhel9 (all versions)
  - rhoai/odh-latency-predictor-prediction-rhel9 (all versions)
  - rhoai/odh-latency-predictor-training-rhel9 (all versions)
published: '2026-08-10'
updated: '2026-09-21'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-21T11:17:08.680'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18982'
references:
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53261'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53262'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53263'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60367'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60520'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-18982'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2511648'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-18982.json
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-18982'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18982'
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-08-11T15:34:16.136114Z'
epss: 0.00791
epssPercentile: 0.54358
ingestedAt: '2026-09-21T10:35:15.461Z'
patched:
  - openshift_ai 2.25
  - openshift_ai 3.3
  - openshift_ai 3.4
  - openshift_ai 3.5
---

## Overview

A flaw was found in the RHOAI training-operator. This vulnerability allows a user with standard edit or admin roles in any Kubernetes namespace to escalate their privileges. Through the creation of training jobs, an attacker can impersonate service accounts, access the host filesystem, and potentially execute arbitrary code remotely. This issue arises from the aggregation of training job permissions onto native Kubernetes edit and admin ClusterRoles, coupled with unrestricted PodTemplateSpec passthrough.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Vendor advisories

- **RHSA-2026:53261** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25 · released 2026-08-11 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53261)
- **RHSA-2026:53263** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3 · released 2026-08-11 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53263)
- **RHSA-2026:60520** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 · released 2026-08-27 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60520)
- **RHSA-2026:53262** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 · released 2026-08-11 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53262)
- **RHSA-2026:60367** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.5 · released 2026-08-26 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60367)