CVE-2026-15140

Privilege Escalation via Portworx Operator during OpenShift Provisioning

Published Sep 9, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 7.7 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Everpure
Everpure portworx Operator
Vendors & Products Everpure
Everpure portworx Operator
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Title Privilege Escalation via Portworx Operator during OpenShift Provisioning
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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.
Weaknesses CWE-266
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.7, 'vector': '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'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Everpure
Published
Updated
Sep 9, 2026, 7:19 PM
Reserved
Jul 8, 2026, 5:17 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Sep 9, 2026, 1:18 PM
Modified
Sep 9, 2026, 8:17 PM