CVE-2026-70496CWE-250

CVE-2026-70496

Critical · published August 19, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.9
EPSS
1%
Percentile
45.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.9 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00552 · 45.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-250 · Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Published
2026-08-19T23:17Z
References (8)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60386 · [email protected]https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60387 · [email protected]https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60388 · [email protected]https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60389 · [email protected]https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60390 · [email protected]https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60391 · [email protected]https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-70496 · [email protected]https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2511032 · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 AUG 18:16Z
    Search-v2-operator: search-v2-operator: operator clusterrole is cluster-admin equivalent via impersonate, rbac write, csr approve, and manifestwork
    cvelistv5