A flaw was found in Feast and feast-operator. The default configuration for both the Feast SDK and the feast-operator is "no_auth," meaning no security manager is installed. This default allows unauthenticated and unauthorized access to feature-server, registry-server, and offline-server endpoints. A remote attacker, by exploiting this missing authentication, could achieve remote code execution (RCE) by storing a malicious User-Defined Function (UDF) on the feature-server, trigger a denial of service (DoS) by forcing re-materialization of all tenant features, and gain unauthorized access to cross-tenant data.

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To mitigate this vulnerability, configure Feast deployments to utilize Kubernetes RBAC authentication. Ensure that `FeatureStore` Custom Resources (CRs) explicitly define an authentication mechanism other than `no_auth`. For Feast SDK usage, avoid the `no_auth` setting in production environments unless `FEAST_INSECURE_NO_AUTH=1` is explicitly set, acknowledging the security implications. Applying these configuration changes will require a redeployment or restart of the affected Feast services.

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

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Description A flaw was found in Feast and feast-operator. The default configuration for both the Feast SDK and the feast-operator is "no_auth," meaning no security manager is installed. This default allows unauthenticated and unauthorized access to feature-server, registry-server, and offline-server endpoints. A remote attacker, by exploiting this missing authentication, could achieve remote code execution (RCE) by storing a malicious User-Defined Function (UDF) on the feature-server, trigger a denial of service (DoS) by forcing re-materialization of all tenant features, and gain unauthorized access to cross-tenant data.
Title Feast: feast-operator: feast: default authentication mode is no_auth — shared multi-tenant instances deployed without authentication
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat openshift Ai
Weaknesses CWE-306
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_ai
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat openshift Ai
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-10T20:44:42.322Z

Reserved: 2026-08-05T13:24:03.497Z

Link: CVE-2026-18941

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cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-08-10T18:51:18Z

Links: CVE-2026-18941 - Bugzilla

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

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