CVE-2026-18942 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A flaw was found in the Feast operator. A malicious tenant could inject arbitrary code into their feature repository. This code would be executed by an automated process with elevated privileges, allowing the tenant to steal sensitive credentials. This could lead to a direct escalation of privileges, granting the tenant administrative control over the Kubernetes cluster.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

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Vendors	Products
Redhat	Openshift Ai

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References

Link	Providers
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-18942
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2511118

History

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 21:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		A flaw was found in the Feast operator. A malicious tenant could inject arbitrary code into their feature repository. This code would be executed by an automated process with elevated privileges, allowing the tenant to steal sensitive credentials. This could lead to a direct escalation of privileges, granting the tenant administrative control over the Kubernetes cluster.
Title		Feast-operator: feast: feast apply cronjob runs user python with feature-server sa — tenant code to sa token escalation
First Time appeared		Redhat Redhat openshift Ai
CPEs		cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_ai
Vendors & Products		Redhat Redhat openshift Ai
References		https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-18942 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2511118
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2026-08-10T20:44:46.202Z

Updated: 2026-08-10T20:44:46.202Z

Reserved: 2026-08-05T13:25:36.192Z

Link: CVE-2026-18942

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