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Full vulnerability report · 2025
CVE-2025-10725High confidence

Openshift-ai: overly permissive clusterrole allows authenticated users to escalate privileges to cluster admin

opendatahub-io · opendatahub-operator

Official source article: Red Hat RHSA-2025:16981 ↗. Check the applicable product and release in the original source.

9.9CriticalCVSS 3.1
Recommended action
Within 7 days

Critical technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Patch available
R
Operational reassessment

Published severity in operational context

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Published severityCriticalOperational priority:Critical, unchanged from published severity.unchanged

Evidence used

  • No CISA KEV confirmation is currently recorded.
  • EPSS is 0.70% for the current model date.

Compensating controls

  • Validate the affected product branch and deploy the verified fixed release.
  • Restrict the affected network interface to trusted sources where business-safe.
  • Monitor vendor guidance and exploitation sources for a material change.

Verification

  1. Confirm that the asset runs opendatahub-io opendatahub-operator and falls inside the recorded affected range.
  2. Verify the installed build against the product-specific fixed version after deployment.
  3. Validate exposure, authentication requirements and compensating controls in the actual environment.
  4. Reopen this reassessment when CVSS, KEV, EPSS, exploit evidence or remediation changes.
Mitigation target: Within 3 daysRemediation target: Within 90 days

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Direct vendor intelligence

Authoritative vendor CSAF and VEX advisories

Structured product status and remediation from the issuing vendor. Product-state explanations are always visible; large lists can be searched or downloaded.

1 current
CVE-2025-10725 · CSAF 2.0 · revision 3 · finalRed Hat Product Securityopenshift-ai: Overly Permissive ClusterRole Allows Authenticated Users to Escalate Privileges to Cluster Admin
17 fixed

The vendor explicitly identifies these products or versions as containing the fix.

  • registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-rhel8-operator@sha256:cebc8815e03b772343b15d0a7dce8fad6fcc71dd437d871db5a3691472350803_amd64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.16
  • registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-rhel8-operator@sha256:03e5cbae0925efac7fd0adfb14f4317c48a7efdbdd54c7804db92a2efb3b2bfc_amd64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.19
  • registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-rhel8-operator@sha256:43a8904396e55074ffb1afcfcd8fe6db0edcbc918a8ff8301b6b0920aea7eabf_ppc64le as a component of Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.19
  • registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-rhel8-operator@sha256:74858d557494f60d4abaa5491b0db312a77bfb83709447b11396a0cf74bec623_s390x as a component of Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.19
  • registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-rhel8-operator@sha256:f9b4d952ca1ca80ecba82dec8f638f01a70de7404231e572ac2f51d5d31d5d28_arm64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.19
  • registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-rhel9-operator@sha256:66e2c3916ae1cdb08edab90f0868965b26991ce43fb120db7f2d05311d90c9c8_ppc64le as a component of Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.21
  • registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-rhel9-operator@sha256:799b0f8dc02e0e081582f5f6594f0a224aee1472c260f31058c78f54d005d7c6_s390x as a component of Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.21
  • registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-rhel9-operator@sha256:9f7620cc36c23dbf8528ecc04742861a65e867b338c582b84055559ab553f857_amd64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.21
  • registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-rhel9-operator@sha256:db339d2d4f86af4efa695ef193d19e26b25fec80017fa2780833a4cd944e383b_arm64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.21
  • registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-rhel9-operator@sha256:3136acf5957bf1ca41662e095f161acb60efbbc94acaaa98c592487ed3ab7aa8_arm64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.22
  • registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-rhel9-operator@sha256:57b12c6c6ed0a9f6af1388df3b8f60bbd82d3e4add1928b9578fa91ff24f570c_ppc64le as a component of Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.22
  • registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-rhel9-operator@sha256:b4363d661ec4a58f870d0a6b88b75063eeab3384d79cbb71b1836eb186b17516_s390x as a component of Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.22
Summary
A flaw was found in Red Hat Openshift AI Service. A low-privileged attacker with access to an authenticated account, for example as a data scientist using a standard Jupyter notebook, can escalate their privileges to a full cluster administrator. This allows for the complete compromise of the cluster's confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The attacker can steal sensitive data, disrupt all services, and take control of the underlying infrastructure, leading to a total breach of the platform and all applications hosted on it.
Remediation
For Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.16.3 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this errata update: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_openshift_ai/
Optional official sources

National CERT insights
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Official European source

ENISA European Vulnerability Database

Official EUVD identifiers, advisory evidence and known-exploited context. Missing fields are not treated as evidence of low risk.

1 current
ENISA EUVD identifier

EUVD-2025-31761

No EUVD known-exploited evidence

ENISA has published the identifier mapping but no EUVD description has been stored yet.

EUVD state
Present in the current official mapping
Known exploitation
Not present in the current ENISA EUVD known-exploited dataset. This is not proof of no exploitation.
ENISA score
Not supplied in the stored EUVD record
Advisory evidence
No linked advisory details stored yet
Recommended actionWithin 7 days

Critical technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Patch available
01

What, why and how

A flaw was found in Red Hat Openshift AI Service. A low-privileged attacker with access to an authenticated account, for example as a data scientist using a standard Jupyter notebook, can escalate their privileges to a full cluster administrator. This allows for the complete compromise of the cluster's confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The attacker can steal sensitive data, disrupt all services, and take control of the underlying infrastructure, leading to a total breach of the platform and all applications hosted on it.

What

A flaw was found in Red Hat Openshift AI Service. A low-privileged attacker with access to an authenticated account, for example as a data scientist using a standard Jupyter notebook, can escalate their privileges to a full cluster administrator. This allows for the complete compromise of the cluster's confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The attacker can steal sensitive data, disrupt all services, and take control of the underlying infrastructure, leading to a total breach of the platform and all applications hosted on it.

Why

A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

How

An attacker operating through a network path may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.

What

A flaw was found in Red Hat Openshift AI Service. A low-privileged attacker with access to an authenticated account, for example as a data scientist using a standard Jupyter notebook, can escalate their privileges to a full cluster administrator. This allows for the complete compromise of the cluster's confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The attacker can steal sensitive data, disrupt all services, and take control of the underlying infrastructure, leading to a total breach of the platform and all applications hosted on it.

Why

A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

How

An attacker operating through a network path may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.

02

Exploit reality and attack path

CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.

Observed exploitation
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
No confirmed evidence

No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.

Public PoC / exploit material
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
None recorded

No exploit-tagged reference or CISA SSVC proof-of-concept state is currently recorded. Research may still exist outside the structured feeds.

Likely attack path
a network path → Incorrect Privilege Assignment → cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor
Attack surface
Network
Privileges required
Low: a basic authenticated account is required
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low: no specialised conditions are recorded
Security boundary
Changed: exploitation can affect a different security authority
Weakness
?CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness.
CWE-266 ↗

CWE-266: Incorrect Privilege Assignment. A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

CVSS vector
?CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Common Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.

AVNetworkAttack vector: The vulnerable component can be reached over a network.ACLowAttack complexity: No specialised conditions are required beyond attacker-controlled input.PRLowPrivileges required: The attacker needs basic user-level privileges.UINoneUser interaction: No action by another user is required.SChangedScope: The attack can affect a component governed by a different security authority.CHighConfidentiality impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.IHighIntegrity impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.AHighAvailability impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.
Post-exploitation / living off the land
No specific living-off-the-land technique is confirmed in the structured sources. Monitor normal administration tools for activity inconsistent with the affected service's baseline.
NetworkCWE-266
A

Official authority intelligence

Only matched European and national findings are included. Language selectors and unavailable sources are omitted.

BSI · German · WID-SEC-2025-2201Red Hat OpenShift AI: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Erlangen von Administratorrechten

Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Red Hat OpenShift AI ausnutzen, um vollständige Cluster-Administratorrechte zu erlangen.

Official advisory ↗
Cyber Security Agency of Singapore · English · CSA-SB-20251001Security Bulletin 01 Oct 2025

The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore included this CVE in its official Security Bulletin 01 Oct 2025, published on 1 October 2025. Open the linked bulletin for the product, severity and reference information published in that issue.

Official advisory ↗
03

Patch and workaround

Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.

Status
?Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Patch available
Affected
opendatahub-operator: < 3.0.0
Fixed
Action
For Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.16.3 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this errata update: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_openshift_ai/
Workaround
No verified workaround is recorded. If business-safe, reduce exposure to the affected interface and allow only trusted sources until authoritative guidance is available.
04

Evidence and provenance

Published 30 Sept 2025 · Last source change 24 Dec 2025, 13:39 UTC · CWE-266 · Incorrect Privilege Assignment

CVE recordCVE.org · 5.2
CVSS sourceCNA
EPSS source
?The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.
FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-14
European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-31761
Product sourceCNA
Remediation sourceVendor CSAF · Red Hat Product Security
CWE sourceCNA
NVD statusNVD not scheduled

Core structured fields are present and their contributing authorities are shown above.

Material change intelligence

What changed after publication

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No material field changes have been recorded since change tracking began. Routine source refreshes and cosmetic edits are intentionally excluded.

Material fields only · duplicate refreshes suppressed · history retained for the configured operational retention period
CVE published
Fixed release or patch reference recorded
ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-31761↗Vendor CSAF · Red Hat Product Security↗CVE authority or vendor reference · Red Hat RHSA-2025:16981↗Official CVE record (CNA and ADP data)↗NVD record↗
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
CNA
CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
CISA ADP
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
NVD
National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
CERT / CSIRT
A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
PoC
Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
CSAF
Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
LoTL
Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.
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