CVE-2026-70495

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Red HatRed Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.111787688827 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.131787682112 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.141787682033 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.151787681674 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.161787681686 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.171787681651 < *unaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management

Workarounds

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: total

References