CVE-2026-71471 PUBLISHED

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

Assigner: redhat
Reserved: 06.08.2026 Published: 12.08.2026 Updated: 13.08.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
CVSS Score: 9

Product Status

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
Versions Default: affected

Workarounds

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

Problem Types

  • Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere CWE