CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-70496
9.9 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Awaiting Analysis
- Published
- 2026-08-19
- Last modified
- 2026-10-26
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.9 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-250
Description
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.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges weakness
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60386 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60387 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60388 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60389 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60390 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60391 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-70496 access.redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2511032 bugzilla.redhat.com