CVE-2026-71472

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.19.1—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 9.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-08-17. 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 acm-search-v2-rhel9. This vulnerability allows an authenticated attacker, such as a hub administrator or a Search Custom Resource (CR) editor, to inject malicious shell commands or SQL statements. This occurs because the WORK_MEM string provided in the Search CR is not properly validated before being used in a bash script and an SQL query. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution within the privileged postgres pod, potentially compromising the system.

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
32%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 17, 2026

Last Modified

August 20, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 17, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
redhat

2512151 – (CVE-2026-71472) CVE-2026-71472 acm-search-v2-rhel9: CVE-2026-71472 search-v2-operator: Shell-command and SQL injection in postgresql-start.sh via CR-supplied WORK_MEM

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2512151
redhat Patch Available

CVE-2026-71472 - 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-2026-71472

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-71472(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 35× in last 7d / 35× 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 07:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-21 03:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 23:23 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-20 23:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-20 19:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-20 15:29 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-20 15:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-20 14:27 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-20 14:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-20 11:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-20 07:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-20 03:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-19 23:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-19 19:17 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-19 19:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-19 15:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-19 11:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-19 07:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-19 03:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-18 23:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-18 19:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-18 15:25 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-18 15:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-08-18 12:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-18 08:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-18 04:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-18 00:31 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-18 00:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-17 20:29 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-17 19:40 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-17 19:39 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-71472?
CVE-2026-71472 is a critical vulnerability published on August 17, 2026. A flaw was found in acm-search-v2-rhel9. This vulnerability allows an authenticated attacker, such as a hub administrator or a Search Custom Resource (CR) editor, to inject malicious shell commands or SQL statements. This occurs because the WORK_MEM string provided in the Search CR is not properly…
When was CVE-2026-71472 disclosed?
CVE-2026-71472 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 17, 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-2026-71472 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-71472 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 68.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-71472?
CVE-2026-71472 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-71472?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-71472, 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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