CVE-2026-18608

HIGHPre-NVD 8.78.7—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.7 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-10. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.7; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
8.7EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.7Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

A flaw was found in the Data Science Pipelines Operator (DSPO). The operator's ClusterRole, which defines its permissions, includes extensive privileges beyond what is necessary for its operation. These excessive permissions, such as the ability to execute commands within pods and manage cluster-wide roles, could be exploited. If the DSPO pod were compromised, an attacker could leverage these privileges to gain full administrative control over the entire Kubernetes cluster.

CVSS v3
8.7
EG Score
8.7(high)
EG Risk
39(Track)
EG Risk 39/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity87% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
37%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 10, 2026

Last Modified

August 14, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 10, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
redhat

2510296 – (CVE-2026-18608) CVE-2026-18608 data-science-pipelines-operator: DSPO: Operator ClusterRole grants pods/exec:*, kubeflow.org */*, and ClusterRole/Binding CRUD cluster-wide

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2510296
redhat Patch Available

CVE-2026-18608 - Red Hat Customer Portal

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 or OpenShift Container Platform 4, is affected by this vulnerability and a fix may be released to a

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-18608

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-18608(4)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(3)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatrhoai/odh-data-science-pipelines-operator-controller-rhel9:17851879362026-08-11redhat
redhatrhoai/odh-data-science-pipelines-operator-controller-rhel9:17851893322026-08-11redhat
redhatrhoai/odh-data-science-pipelines-operator-controller-rhel9:17848334282026-08-11redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 43× in last 7d / 76× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-20 20:49 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-08-20 20:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-20 09:39 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-08-20 09:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-19 22:30 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-19 22:30 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-08-19 22:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-19 11:20 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-08-19 11:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-19 00:10 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-19 00:10 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-08-19 00:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-18 13:00 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-08-18 13:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-18 01:50 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-08-18 01:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-17 14:40 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-17 14:40 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-08-17 14:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-17 03:31 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-08-17 03:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-16 16:21 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-16 16:21 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-08-16 16:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-16 05:10 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-16 05:10 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-08-16 05:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-15 18:01 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-08-15 18:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-15 06:51 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-15 06:51 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-08-15 06:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-14 19:19 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-08-14 19:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-14 14:14 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-08-14 14:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-14 03:04 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-14 03:04 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-08-14 03:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-13 15:55 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-08-13 15:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-13 04:46 UTCVendor advisory
  26. 2026-08-13 04:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-08-12 17:37 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-08-12 17:37 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-08-12 17:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-08-12 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-08-12 06:28 UTCVendor advisory
  32. 2026-08-12 06:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-08-11 19:19 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-08-11 19:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-08-11 18:40 UTCEG score recompute
  36. 2026-08-11 18:40 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-08-11 18:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-08-11 17:45 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-08-11 17:45 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-08-11 17:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-08-11 16:33 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-08-11 16:33 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-08-11 16:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-08-11 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-08-11 05:23 UTCEG score recompute
  46. 2026-08-11 05:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-08-11 05:08 UTCEG score recompute
  48. 2026-08-11 05:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-08-10 21:31 UTCEG score recompute
  50. 2026-08-10 20:55 UTCEG score recompute
  51. 2026-08-10 20:54 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-18608?
CVE-2026-18608 is a high vulnerability published on August 10, 2026. A flaw was found in the Data Science Pipelines Operator (DSPO). The operator's ClusterRole, which defines its permissions, includes extensive privileges beyond what is necessary for its operation. These excessive permissions, such as the ability to execute commands within pods and manage…
When was CVE-2026-18608 disclosed?
CVE-2026-18608 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 10, 2026, with the most recent update on August 14, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-18608 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-18608 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 63.5% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-18608?
CVE-2026-18608 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.7 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-18608?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-18608, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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