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.
Published: 2026-08-10
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Workaround

Configure the Feast operator to use a dedicated, minimally-privileged ServiceAccount for the `feast apply` CronJob, ensuring `automountServiceAccountToken: false` is set. Apply a restricted `securityContext` to the CronJob pod and implement network policies to limit egress to only required registry endpoints. Ensure the CronJob ServiceAccount is separate from the feature-server ServiceAccount.

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History

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

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Mon, 10 Aug 2026 23:00:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-269
CWE-94

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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
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'}


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Redhat Openshift Ai
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

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

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

Link: CVE-2026-18942

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No data.

cve-icon NVD

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cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-08-10T18:52:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-18942 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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

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