Acm-search-v2-rhel9: search-v2-operator: search cr imageoverride/arguments/envvar flow unsanitized into pods running impersonating sa
28Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 9.1epss 0.4%
exploitation probability
0.4%top 64% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Red 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-2026-71470https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2512149