CVE-2026-18618
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
A flaw was found in ml-metadata. The statically-linked gRPC stack in ml-metadata is outdated, making it vulnerable to known HTTP/2 denial of service (DoS) issues. An in-cluster attacker, with network access to the MLMD pod, could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending specially crafted HTTP/2 requests. This could lead to a denial of service by crashing the MLMD pod, disrupting all pipeline runs in the affected namespace.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
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Weaknesses
- CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Workarounds
To mitigate this issue, ensure that network policies are strictly enforced to limit access to the MLMD pod's port 8080. Restrict inbound connections to only essential KFP v2 driver pods and other designated DSP components. This measure reduces the attack surface by limiting potential in-cluster attackers who could exploit the gRPC HTTP/2 denial-of-service vulnerabilities.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-18618
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2510313
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