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Feast feast-operator CVE-2026-18941

| EUVDEUVD-2026-55815 HIGH
Missing Authentication for Critical Function (CWE-306)
2026-08-10 redhat GHSA-2xfw-wg76-86w9
7.7
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: redhat
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Vendor (redhat) PRIMARY
7.7 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
vuln.today AI
10.0 CRITICAL

Default no-auth exposes endpoints to unauthenticated network attackers (PR:N); RCE, data exfiltration, and DoS justify C:H/I:H/A:H; cross-tenant impact yields S:C.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
Red Hat
7.7 HIGH
qualitative

Primary rating from Vendor (redhat).

CVSS VectorVendor: redhat

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Analysis Generated
Aug 10, 2026 - 21:28 vuln.today
CVE Published
Aug 10, 2026 - 20:44 nvd
HIGH 7.7

DescriptionCVE.org

A flaw was found in Feast and feast-operator. The default configuration for both the Feast SDK and the feast-operator is "no_auth," meaning no security manager is installed. This default allows unauthenticated and unauthorized access to feature-server, registry-server, and offline-server endpoints. A remote attacker, by exploiting this missing authentication, could achieve remote code execution (RCE) by storing a malicious User-Defined Function (UDF) on the feature-server, trigger a denial of service (DoS) by forcing re-materialization of all tenant features, and gain unauthorized access to cross-tenant data.

AnalysisAI

Feast and feast-operator ship with a default 'no_auth' security configuration, leaving the feature-server, registry-server, and offline-server endpoints completely unauthenticated and accessible to any network-reachable attacker in Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) deployments. Exploitation enables three distinct high-impact outcomes: remote code execution via injection of a malicious User-Defined Function (UDF) onto the feature-server, denial of service by forcing full re-materialization of all tenant features, and unauthorized read access to cross-tenant feature data. …

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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata

Access
Identify exposed Feast API endpoints
Delivery
Send unauthenticated UDF registration request
Exploit
Feature-server executes malicious UDF code
Execution
Enumerate registry-server for cross-tenant feature definitions
Persist
Exfiltrate cross-tenant data from offline-server
Impact
Force full re-materialization to exhaust resources (DoS)

Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation The default 'no_auth' configuration of the Feast SDK and feast-operator must be in place - no security manager explicitly configured - which is the out-of-box state. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment Real-world risk is substantially higher than the provided CVSS score of 7.7 suggests. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario An unauthenticated attacker with network access to an RHOAI cluster's Feast feature-server API submits a crafted HTTP request registering a malicious User-Defined Function (UDF) containing arbitrary code. When the feature-server processes or materializes features, it executes the UDF, granting the attacker code execution in the server process context. …
Remediation The primary remediation is to enable authentication on all Feast server endpoints by explicitly configuring a security manager in both the Feast SDK configuration and the feast-operator deployment manifests - replacing the default 'no_auth' mode with an appropriate authentication provider (e.g., OIDC, token-based, or Kubernetes RBAC-integrated auth). … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

Recommended ActionAI

Within 24 hours, identify all RHOAI deployments running Feast or feast-operator and confirm current network exposure of feature-server, registry-server, and offline-server endpoints; audit which endpoints are externally or cross-namespace reachable. …

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