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CVE-2026-70496 is a privilege-escalation vulnerability in search-v2-operator used by Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes. The flaw stems from an overly permissive ClusterRole that grants cluster-admin-equivalent capabilities beyond the operator’s intended function. Reported permissions include the ability to impersonate other entities, modify Role-Based Access Control configurations, approve Certificate Signing Requests, and manage ManifestWork resources. Because the operator is assigned unnecessary administrative privileges, an attacker who can leverage the operator’s effective permissions may escalate privileges within the Kubernetes cluster.
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A critical privilege escalation vulnerability in search-v2-operator caused by an overly permissive ClusterRole with cluster-admin-equivalent privileges.
A privilege escalation vulnerability in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes' search-v2-operator where the ClusterRole has cluster-admin-equivalent permissions, enabling excessive actions such as impersonation, RBAC modification, CSR approval, and ManifestWork management.
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