CVE-2026-71471
Acm-search-v2-rhel9: search-v2-operator: hub search cr collector.imageoverride propagated to every spoke as arbitrary container image
- 9.0CriticalCVSS base score
- 1.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 31% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 6 days later
· 6 days later
Published
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Critical9.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Awaiting Analysis | 3.1 | Critical9.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 31% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.0.
Affected products
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 – < *
What to do
Workaround: To mitigate this issue, restrict patch access to the Search Custom Resource (CR) to only trusted and authorized hub administrators. This limits the ability of unauthorized principals to modify the `Collector.ImageOverride` field and deploy arbitrary container images across the managed fleet.
References
References8
- RHSA-2026:60386 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:60387 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:60388 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:60389 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:60390 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:60391 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71471 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2512150 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-57686 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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