Models-as-a-service: red hat openshift ai: maas-api and maas-controller serviceaccounts with excessive permissions lead to privilege escalation (maas-api)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.71 % · percentile 53 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Awaiting Analysis
Description
A flaw was found in the maas-api and maas-controller ServiceAccounts within Red Hat OpenShift AI. These ServiceAccounts are granted cluster-wide permissions that exceed their operational requirements. An attacker who compromises the identity of these ServiceAccounts, either through a remote code execution vulnerability or by creating a malicious pod in the same namespace, could exploit these excessive permissions. This could lead to full cluster administrator privileges through the creation of new ClusterRoleBindings or the disclosure of sensitive information by accessing all secrets across the cluster.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-266 — Incorrect Privilege Assignment
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L | redhat |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L | NVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-60199
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-15218
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| maas-api | affected 0 < * |
| maas-controller | affected 0 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 | unaffected 1787153683 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 | unaffected 1791790095 < * |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |