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CVE-2026-71470
Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11 — Acm-search-v2-rhel9: search-v2-operator: search cr imageoverride/arguments/envvar flow unsanitized into pods running impersonating sa
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N L H N C H H H 9.1 .0071 51.8 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11 unspecified 1787688827
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13 unspecified 1787682112
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14 unspecified 1787682033
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15 unspecified 1787681674
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16 unspecified 1787681686
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17 unspecified 1787681651
TIMELINE
Aug 6 Reserved by redhat
Aug 19 Published (CNA: redhat)
Aug 26 PATCH SHIPPED — CVE-2026-71470 (Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11). Fixed in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11 1787688827.
Description
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.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| August 6, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by redhat |
| August 19, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: redhat) |
| August 26, 2026 | PATCH SHIPPED | PATCH SHIPPED — CVE-2026-71470 (Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11). Fixed in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11 1787688827. |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 6 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11 | — | — | 1787688827 |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13 | — | — | 1787682112 |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14 | — | — | 1787682033 |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15 | — | — | 1787681674 |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16 | — | — | 1787681686 |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17 | — | — | 1787681651 |
About this page
This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2026-71470 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Sunday, October 4, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.