Search-v2-operator: search-v2-operator: cluster-wide impersonate on users/groups shared across 4 pods grants hub system:masters
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.8epss 0.2%
exploitation probability
0.2%top 96% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
A flaw was found in search-v2-operator. This component's `search-serviceaccount` has overly broad permissions, allowing it to impersonate users and groups across the entire cluster. If an attacker gains access to any of the pods running under this service account, they could exploit this to achieve `system:masters` access, granting them full control over the cluster.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Red Hat · Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2Red Hat · Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11Red Hat · Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13Red Hat · Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14Red Hat · Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15Red Hat · Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16Red Hat · Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60386https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60387https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60388https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60389https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60390https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60391https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-70495https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2511031