Vulnerability · CVE-2026-10533
A flaw was found in OpenShift Container Platform.
Published Jun 1, 2026 · catalog updated Jul 22, 2026 · openshift container platform
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-10533. EPSS is 0.23%. Act only if a listed version of openshift container platform is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Medium5.0
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.23%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe redhat/openshift container platform
A flaw was found in OpenShift Container Platform. Completed pods with restartPolicy: Never do not count toward ResourceQuota pod limits, and Kubernetes events are not quota-scoped. A non-privileged user who can create pods in a namespace can exploit this to generate a large volume of events that accumulate in etcd, causing API server performance degradation across the cluster.
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- cpe redhat/openshift container platform4.0
How to fix CVE-2026-10533
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-10533. EPSS is 0.23%. Act only if a listed version of openshift container platform is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with redhat/openshift container platform 4.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. EPSS 0.23%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
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Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Jun 1, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
A flaw was found in OpenShift Container Platform. Completed pods with restartPolicy: Never do not count toward ResourceQuota pod limits, and Kubernetes events are not quota-scoped. A non-privileged user who can create pods in a namespace can exploit this to generate a large volume of events that accumulate in etcd, causing API server performance degradation across the cluster.
Jul 22, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
A flaw was found in OpenShift Container Platform. Completed pods with restartPolicy: Never do not count toward ResourceQuota pod limits, and Kubernetes events are not quota-scoped. A non-privileged user who can create pods in a namespace can exploit this to generate a large volume of events that accumulate in etcd, causing API server performance degradation across the cluster.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-10533
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-10533
30-day exploitation probability 0.2%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-10533
A flaw was found in OpenShift Container Platform. Completed pods with restartPolicy: Never do not count toward ResourceQuota pod limits, and Kubernetes events are not quota-scoped. A non-privileged user who can create pods in a namespace can exploit this to generate a large volum
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.