CVE•Published 2026-08-19•Modified 2026-08-27•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-70496
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.9
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
17
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 83% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
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.
Timeline
Published 2026-08-19
Modified 2026-08-27
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-70496Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-70496Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-70496Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-70496GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-70496" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-70496 on GitHub.