CVE-2026-92982

Status: Awaiting AnalysisHigh (8.5)—

Severity8.5High · CVSS 3.1

Exploitation probability0.39 %higher than 31% of CVEs

Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog

Public exploitNot knownno public code found

A flaw was found in Ansible Operator Plugins. A low-privileged Kubernetes user can exploit a Jinja2 template injection vulnerability by crafting malicious custom resource (CR) specification values. These values are processed by Ansible without proper sanitization, allowing embedded Jinja2 expressions to be executed within the operator pod. This can lead to arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation, granting the attacker control over the operator's service account with cluster-wide permissions.

CVSS

Base score: 8.5
Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.39 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 31
Score date: 10/20/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

ExploitationT1210 Exploitation of Remote Serviceslateral movement85 %
Primary impactT1059 Command and Scripting Interpreterexecution80 %
Secondary impactT1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation70 %

Vector AV:N con PR:L y UI:N: T1210. La inyección Jinja2 ejecuta código en el pod (T1059) y da control de la cuenta de servicio con permisos de clúster (T1068).

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Threat Intelligence Program Privileged Account Management Execution Prevention Disable or Remove Feature or Program Application Isolation and Sandboxing Exploit Protection

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Redhat — Ansible Operator Plugins^AI

CWEs

CWE-1336

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