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Vulnerability · Published Aug 12, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2026-71471Acm-search-v2-rhel9: search-v2-operator: hub search cr collector.imageoverride propagated to every spoke as arbitrary container image

Critical 9.0

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw 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 1.2% (higher than 69% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.0Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 31.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A flaw was found in acm-search-v2-rhel9. An attacker with administrative privileges on the hub cluster, specifically with patch access to the Search Custom Resource (CR), could exploit a vulnerability in the `Collector.ImageOverride` field. This allows the attacker to deploy an arbitrary container image across all managed clusters. The consequence is remote code execution (RCE), enabling the attacker to execute commands and potentially access sensitive information across the entire fleet of managed clusters.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17 see references

Weakness: CWE-829 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

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