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Vulnerability record · CVE-2026-15140 · published 9 September 2026

CVE-2026-15140: A privilege-escalation issue in the Portworx Operator when deployed on Red Hat OpenShift (OCP).

A privilege-escalation issue in the Portworx Operator when deployed on Red Hat OpenShift (OCP). Only under specific conditions during the initial provisioning of a Portworx storage cluster, a user holding only limited, namespace-scoped permissions could cause the operator to grant broader access than intended, potentially resulting in elevated privileges within the Kubernetes cluster.

7.7 CVSS 4.0 High EPSS 0.21% · top 90.3% CWE-266 · CWE-266 Deferred
7.7CVSS 4.0 base score
0.21%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
0Affected product versions listed by NVD
1References
9 Sep 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

A privilege-escalation issue in the Portworx Operator when deployed on Red Hat OpenShift (OCP). Only under specific conditions during the initial provisioning of a Portworx storage cluster, a user holding only limited, namespace-scoped permissions could cause the operator to grant broader access than intended, potentially resulting in elevated privileges within the Kubernetes cluster.

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:

References

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2026-15140), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.