Red Hat AI Inference Server/OpenShift AI Argo Workflow behavioral workflow

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A vulnerability categorized as very critical has been discovered in Red Hat AI Inference Server and OpenShift AI. This affects an unknown part of the component Argo Workflow. The manipulation results in behavioral workflow. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-18621. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Red Hat AI Inference Server and OpenShift AI (affected version unknown). It has been classified as very critical. Affected is an unknown functionality of the component Argo Workflow. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a behavioral workflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-841. The product supports a session in which more than one behavior must be performed by an actor, but it does not properly ensure that the actor performs the behaviors in the required sequence. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is available at access.redhat.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-18621 since 08/03/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/10/2026).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Virtualization Software

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• Red Hat

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• AI Inference Server
• OpenShift AI

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.redhat.com/

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