CVE-2026-71470

CRITICAL 9.1

Acm-search-v2-rhel9: search-v2-operator: search cr imageoverride/arguments/envvar flow unsanitized into pods running impersonating sa

CVSS Score

9.1

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

A flaw was found in the search-v2-operator. This vulnerability allows a privileged user, specifically a Custom Resource (CR) editor, to manipulate Search CR fields such as imageOverride, arguments, and environment variables without proper validation. By exploiting this, an attacker can mount arbitrary secrets into a search container's environment or replace the container image with an attacker-controlled one. This leads to privilege escalation and can result in a full cluster compromise due to the ServiceAccount's extensive impersonation permissions.

CWE	CWE-913
Vendor	red hat
Product	red hat advanced cluster management for kubernetes 2.11
Published	Aug 19, 2026
Last Updated	Sep 5, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Affected Versions

Red Hat / Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17

All versions affected

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗