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CVE-2026-70496criticalCWE-250

Search-v2-operator: search-v2-operator: operator clusterrole is cluster-admin equivalent via impersonate, rbac write, csr approve, and manifestwork

28Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 9.9epss 0.4%
exploitation probability
0.4%top 63% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H