# CVE-2026-18982: Odh-training-operator-rhel9: rhoai fork aggregates training job create onto native edit/admin clusterroles

- 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: 2026-09-21

## Affected

- rhoai/odh-training-operator-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-training-operator-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-training-operator-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-training-operator-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 RHOAI training-operator. This vulnerability allows a user with standard edit or admin roles in any Kubernetes namespace to escalate their privileges. Through the creation of training jobs, an attacker can impersonate service accounts, access the host filesystem, and potentially execute arbitrary code remotely. This issue arises from the aggregation of training job permissions onto native Kubernetes edit and admin ClusterRoles, coupled with unrestricted PodTemplateSpec passthrough.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on rhoai/odh-training-operator-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.
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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/security/cve/CVE-2026-18982
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2511648

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