CVE-2026-15140
High
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.
SeverityHigh
CVSS7.7
Exploit probability—
ProductPortworx Operator
PublishedSep 9, 2026
First seenSep 9, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-266CWE-266
How to fix
Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Everpure Portworx Operator | v ≤ 26.3.1 | — |
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