CVE-2026-71470

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.19.1—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 9.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-08-19. a secondary CVSS source baseline 9.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
9.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 9.1Exploit: 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 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.

CVSS v3
9.1
EG Score
9.1(high)
EG Risk
41(Track)
EG Risk 41/100SSVC: 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
Severity91% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
26%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 19, 2026

Last Modified

August 20, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 19, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
redhat

2512149 – (CVE-2026-71470) CVE-2026-71470 acm-search-v2-rhel9: CVE-2026-71470 search-v2-operator: Search CR imageOverride/arguments/envVar flow unsanitized into pods running impersonating SA

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2512149
redhat Patch Available

CVE-2026-71470 - 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-2026-71470

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-71470(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 19× in last 7d / 19× 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 07:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-21 03:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 22:57 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-20 22:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-20 18:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-20 14:25 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-20 14:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-20 14:08 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-20 14:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-20 13:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-20 10:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-20 06:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-20 02:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-19 21:55 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-19 21:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-19 17:38 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-19 17:20 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-19 17:16 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-71470?
CVE-2026-71470 is a critical vulnerability published on August 19, 2026. 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…
When was CVE-2026-71470 disclosed?
CVE-2026-71470 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-2026-71470 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-71470 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 74.5% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-71470?
CVE-2026-71470 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-71470?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-71470, 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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