A flaw was found in Data Science Pipelines (DSP). An attacker with namespace editor privileges can bypass security hardening by submitting a malicious Argo Workflow through the V1 API path. This allows the API server to create pods with elevated privileges, acting as a 'confused deputy' on behalf of the attacker. Successful exploitation grants the attacker node-root access, enabling arbitrary code execution and full control over the underlying node.

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To mitigate this issue, ensure that Data Science Project (DSP) namespaces enforce `pod-security.kubernetes.io/enforce: restricted`. Additionally, verify that the `pipeline-runner` ServiceAccount is not bound to `privileged` or `anyuid` Security Context Constraints (SCCs).

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Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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

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Description A flaw was found in Data Science Pipelines (DSP). An attacker with namespace editor privileges can bypass security hardening by submitting a malicious Argo Workflow through the V1 API path. This allows the API server to create pods with elevated privileges, acting as a 'confused deputy' on behalf of the attacker. Successful exploitation grants the attacker node-root access, enabling arbitrary code execution and full control over the underlying node.
Title Data-sciences-pipeline: dsp: v1 argo template path accepts arbitrary workflow spec, bypassing all v2 security hardening
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat ai Inference Server
Redhat openshift Ai
Weaknesses CWE-266
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:ai_inference_server:3
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_ai
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat ai Inference Server
Redhat openshift Ai
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-10T20:44:37.373Z

Reserved: 2026-08-03T08:02:21.941Z

Link: CVE-2026-18621

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cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-08-10T18:50:45Z

Links: CVE-2026-18621 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-10T22:45:05Z

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