Vulnerability · Published Aug 12, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2026-71469Acm-search-v2-api-rhel9: search-v2-api: unbounded tokenreviews cache allows unauthenticated memory-exhaustion dos

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity resource allocation without limits in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11 from Red Hat. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 55% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 45.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A flaw was found in search-v2-api. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by sending requests with unique random bearer tokens. Each unique token creates a permanent entry in the unbounded tokenReviews cache, which is not properly cleared. This can lead to memory exhaustion of the search-api pod, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).

Affected products (as reported)

Weakness: CWE-770 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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