CVE-2026-70496

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.99.9—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 9.9 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-08-19. a secondary CVSS source baseline 9.9; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
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

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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(high)
EG Risk
49(Track)
EG Risk 49/100SSVC: 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%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
18%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 19, 2026

Last Modified

August 20, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 20, 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

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-70496(1)

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

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 15× in last 7d / 15× 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.

  1. 2026-08-21 06:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-21 02:06 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-21 02:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-20 21:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-20 17:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-20 13:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-20 12:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-20 07:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-20 03:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-19 23:32 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-19 23:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-19 19:19 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-19 18:23 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-19 18:22 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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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 August 20, 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 82.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-70496?
CVE-2026-70496 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.9 (NVD).
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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