CVE-2026-71471: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11 · Untrusted Functionality Inclusion
Affects Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11Source CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.0 Critical.
Data as of 9 Nov 2026, 23:24 UTC
- EPSS
- 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 68% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:LExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 12 Aug 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 9 Nov 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Red HatRed Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11 | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red HatRed Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13 | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red HatRed Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14 | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red HatRed Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15 | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red HatRed Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16 | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red HatRed Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17 | Affected– | Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
The vendor advisory states that to mitigate this vulnerability, patch access to the Search Custom Resource (CR) should be restricted exclusively to trusted and authorized hub administrators. This limits the ability of unauthorized users to modify the Collector.ImageOverride field and deploy arbitrary container images.
Description
A flaw was found in acm-search-v2-rhel9. An attacker with administrative privileges on the hub cluster, specifically with patch access to the Search Custom Resource (CR), could exploit a vulnerability in the `Collector.ImageOverride` field. This allows the attacker to deploy an arbitrary container image across all managed clusters. The consequence is remote code execution (RCE), enabling the attacker to execute commands and potentially access sensitive information across the entire fleet of managed clusters.
References
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71471 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2512150 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60386 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60389 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60390 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60387 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60388 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60391 (opens in a new tab)