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CVE-2026-71470

Medium

Elevated severity or exploit probability.

CVSS base
9.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.7%
51.4th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-913
Published 2026-08-19 · modified 2026-08-27

Description

A flaw was found in the search-v2-operator. This vulnerability allows a privileged user, specifically a Custom Resource (CR) editor, to manipulate Search CR fields such as imageOverride, arguments, and environment variables without proper validation. By exploiting this, an attacker can mount arbitrary secrets into a search container's environment or replace the container image with an attacker-controlled one. This leads to privilege escalation and can result in a full cluster compromise due to the ServiceAccount's extensive impersonation permissions.

References

Official: NVD · CVE.org