CVE-2026-70496

critical

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.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2511032

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-70496

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-19

Updated: 2026-08-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.9

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00258