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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.9 High

CVE-2026-15218

Models-as-a-service: red hat openshift ai: maas-api and maas-controller serviceaccounts with excessive permissions lead to privilege escalation

Description

A flaw was found in the maas-api and maas-controller ServiceAccounts within Red Hat OpenShift AI. These ServiceAccounts are granted cluster-wide permissions that exceed their operational requirements. An attacker who compromises the identity of these ServiceAccounts, either through a remote code execution vulnerability or by creating a malicious pod in the same namespace, could exploit these excessive permissions. This could lead to full cluster administrator privileges through the creation of new ClusterRoleBindings or the disclosure of sensitive information by accessing all secrets across the cluster.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

maas-api

Default version status: unknown

  • 0 to < *affected

maas-controller

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0 to < *affected

Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4

Default version status: affected

  • 1787153683 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4

Default version status: affected

  • 1791790095 to < *unaffected

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