CVE-2026-16745
Received Received - Intake

Authentication Bypass in Red Hat OpenShift AI

Publication date: 2026-07-23

Last updated on: 2026-07-23

Assigner: Red Hat, Inc.

Description
A flaw was found in odh-dashboard, the web console component of Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI). Due to incorrect network binding, a malicious actor within the cluster can bypass authentication and impersonate any user by providing an arbitrary access token. This allows an attacker to gain unauthorized access to the Kubernetes API, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution, privilege escalation, or information disclosure.

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Published
2026-07-23
Last Modified
2026-07-23
Generated
2026-07-23
AI Q&A
2026-07-23
EPSS Evaluated
N/A
NVD
CVE-2026-16745
EUVD
EUVD-2026-47972

Affected Vendors & Products

Showing 4 associated CPEs
Vendor Product Version / Range
red_hat open_shift_ai 2.25
red_hat open_shift_ai 3.3
red_hat open_shift_ai 3.4
red_hat open_shift_ai 3.5

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CWE ID Description
CWE-346 The product does not properly verify that the source of data or communication is valid.

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Detection Guidance

Check if the odh-dashboard backend is binding to 0.0.0.0:8080 by running: kubectl get pods -n redhat-ods-applications -o yaml | grep -A 5 'ports:' | grep '8080'. If exposed, verify if the x-forwarded-access-token header is being trusted without validation.

Mitigation Strategies

Upgrade to RHOAI 3.5 or later where the fix is included. If immediate upgrade is not possible, restrict the odh-dashboard backend to bind only to 127.0.0.1 by modifying the deployment configuration.

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