A flaw was found in ml-metadata. The statically-linked gRPC stack in ml-metadata is outdated, making it vulnerable to known HTTP/2 denial of service (DoS) issues. An in-cluster attacker, with network access to the MLMD pod, could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending specially crafted HTTP/2 requests. This could lead to a denial of service by crashing the MLMD pod, disrupting all pipeline runs in the affected namespace.

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To mitigate this issue, ensure that network policies are strictly enforced to limit access to the MLMD pod's port 8080. Restrict inbound connections to only essential KFP v2 driver pods and other designated DSP components. This measure reduces the attack surface by limiting potential in-cluster attackers who could exploit the gRPC HTTP/2 denial-of-service vulnerabilities.

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

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Description A flaw was found in ml-metadata. The statically-linked gRPC stack in ml-metadata is outdated, making it vulnerable to known HTTP/2 denial of service (DoS) issues. An in-cluster attacker, with network access to the MLMD pod, could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending specially crafted HTTP/2 requests. This could lead to a denial of service by crashing the MLMD pod, disrupting all pipeline runs in the affected namespace.
Title Ml-metdata: bundled grpc 1.46.3 (2022) with published http/2 dos cves — directly reachable on listener
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat openshift Ai
Weaknesses CWE-770
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_ai
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat openshift Ai
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-10T20:45:38.918Z

Reserved: 2026-08-03T07:43:02.469Z

Link: CVE-2026-18618

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