CVE-2026-70496

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.99.9—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.9 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-08-19. the CNA's CVSS baseline 9.9; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cna:redhat, epss, ghsa
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
9.9EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 9.9Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

A flaw was found in search-v2-operator. The operator's ClusterRole has permissions equivalent to a cluster administrator, allowing it to impersonate other entities, write Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) configurations, approve Certificate Signing Requests (CSRs), and manage ManifestWork. This grants excessive privileges beyond what is necessary for the operator's intended function, potentially leading to privilege escalation within the cluster.

CVSS v3
9.9
EG Score
9.9(medium)
EG Risk
45(Track)
EG Risk 45/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity99% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
37%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 19, 2026

Last Modified

September 5, 2026

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated Sep 12, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
redhat

2511032 – (CVE-2026-70496) CVE-2026-70496 search-v2-operator: search-v2-operator: operator ClusterRole is cluster-admin equivalent via impersonate, RBAC write, CSR approve, and ManifestWork

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2511032
redhat Patch Available

CVE-2026-70496 - Red Hat Customer Portal

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 or OpenShift Container Platform 4, is affected by this vulnerability and a fix may be released to a

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-70496
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60391
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60390
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60389
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60388
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60387
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60386

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-70496(7)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(6)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatrhacm2/acm-search-v2-rhel9:17876888272026-08-26redhat
redhatrhacm2/acm-search-v2-rhel9:17876820332026-08-26redhat
redhatrhacm2/acm-search-v2-rhel9:17876816862026-08-26redhat
redhatrhacm2/acm-search-v2-rhel9:17876821122026-08-26redhat
redhatrhacm2/acm-search-v2-rhel9:17876816742026-08-26redhat
redhatrhacm2/search-collector-rhel9:17872295392026-08-26redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 88× in last 7d / 343× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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  1. 2026-09-19 07:21 UTCVendor advisory
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-70496?
CVE-2026-70496 is a critical vulnerability published on August 19, 2026. A flaw was found in search-v2-operator. The operator's ClusterRole has permissions equivalent to a cluster administrator, allowing it to impersonate other entities, write Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) configurations, approve Certificate Signing Requests (CSRs), and manage ManifestWork. This…
When was CVE-2026-70496 disclosed?
CVE-2026-70496 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 19, 2026, with the most recent update on September 5, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-70496 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-70496 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 63.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-70496?
CVE-2026-70496 has a CVSS v4.0 base score of 9.9 (CNA self-assessment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-70496?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-70496, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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