Search-v2-operator: search-v2-operator: cluster-wide impersonate on users/groups shared across 4 pods grants hub system:masters (Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.16 % · percentile 5 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Awaiting Analysis
Description
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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60386
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60387
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60388
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60389
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60390
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60391
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-70495
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2511031
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | redhat |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-60361
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-70495
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Red Hat · Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11 | unaffected 1787688827 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13 | unaffected 1787682112 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14 | unaffected 1787682033 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15 | unaffected 1787681674 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16 | unaffected 1787681686 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17 | unaffected 1787681651 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |