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

CVE record · `CVE-2026-18950`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-18950`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 8.8 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** redhat
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-266](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/266.html) · [CWE-269](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html)
- **Tags:** [Privilege escalation](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/privilege-escalation.md)
- **Technologies:** [Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-openshift-ai-2-25.md) · [Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-openshift-ai-3-3.md) · [Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-openshift-ai-3-4.md) · [Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-openshift-ai-rhoai.md)
- **Published:** 10 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 28 Sept 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: redhat) at 10 Aug 2026, 20:45 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25.
  - unaffected: `1785940823 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel9`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3.
  - unaffected: `1786109683 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel9`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4.
  - unaffected: `1786109665 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel9`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI).
  - No versions given
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `rhoai/odh-mod-arch-automl-rhel9`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI).
  - No versions given
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `rhoai/odh-mod-arch-autorag-rhel9`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI).
  - No versions given
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `rhoai/odh-mod-arch-eval-hub-rhel9`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI).
  - No versions given
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `rhoai/odh-mod-arch-gen-ai-rhel9`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI).
  - No versions given
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `rhoai/odh-mod-arch-maas-rhel9`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI).
  - No versions given
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `rhoai/odh-mod-arch-mlflow-rhel9`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI).
  - No versions given
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `rhoai/odh-mod-arch-model-registry-rhel9`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 8.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (redhat)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0052, the 44th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 10 Aug 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-18950](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-18950)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-18950](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18950)

### References from the CNA

- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53261> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53262> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53263> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-18950> (vdb-entry, redhat)
- <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2511170> (issue-tracking, redhat)

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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