CVE-2026-15584CWE-250
Redhatinsights/incluster-checks: incluster-checks: privileged host-chroot debug pods created in shared default namespace enable privilege escalation to node root
High · published July 13, 2026
What it is
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.
The record
Technical detail
- CVSS v3.1
- 7.5 · HIGH
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS v4.0
- Not supplied
- EPSS
- 0.00416 · 34.9th percentile
- Weakness
- CWE-250 · Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
- Published
- 2026-07-13T12:01Z
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