CVE-2026-70496

Summary

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.

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
Red HatRed Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.171787229539 < *unaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-250: Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

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