CVE-2026-15584 PUBLISHED

Redhatinsights/incluster-checks: incluster-checks: privileged host-chroot debug pods created in shared default namespace enable privilege escalation to node root

Assigner: redhat
Reserved: 13.07.2026 Published: 13.07.2026 Updated: 13.07.2026

A privilege escalation vulnerability was found in the incluster-checks tool for OpenShift. The tool creates privileged debug pods with host filesystem access in the shared default namespace, where any user with the standard edit role can exec into them and obtain root access on cluster nodes.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.5

Product Status

Vendor Red Hat
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Versions Default: affected

References

Problem Types

  • Execution with Unnecessary Privileges CWE