CVE-2026-70496 (GCVE-0-2026-70496)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-19 18:16
Modified
2026-08-27 02:16
Severity ?
9.9 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Summary
A flaw was found in search-v2-operator. The operator's ClusterRole has permissions equivalent to a cluster administrator, allowing it to impersonate other entities, write Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) configurations, approve Certificate Signing Requests (CSRs), and manage ManifestWork. This grants excessive privileges beyond what is necessary for the operator's intended function, potentially leading to privilege escalation within the cluster.
References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60386 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60387 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60388 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60389 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60390 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60391 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-70496 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2511032 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11 Unaffected: 1787688827   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:acm:2.11::el9
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