{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-70496 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-70496 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2026-70496 is a critical vulnerability in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2, published on 19 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-70496 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-70496 is a critical vulnerability in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2, published on 19 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-70496 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-70496/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-70496/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-70496","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-70496/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-70496","record":{"aliases":["CVE-2026-66790","GHSA-xg68-vc28-3f79"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cloud_service","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Kubernetes operator","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"The search-v2-operator has excessive ClusterRole permissions allowing privilege escalation to cluster-admin level within Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"redhat","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":9.9,"severity":"critical","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-250","name":"Execution with Unnecessary Privileges"}],"description":"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2","id":"CVE-2026-70496","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":8,"next":{"headline":"Potential unauthorized metadata exposure in JFrog Artifactory","id":"CVE-2026-70547"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2","id":"CVE-2026-70495"},"products":["Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2","Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11","Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13","Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14","Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15","Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16","Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17"],"published":"2026-08-19","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-09-05","vendors":["Red Hat"]},"summary":"The search-v2-operator has excessive ClusterRole permissions allowing privilege escalation to cluster-admin level within Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-70496/"}