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.
History

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First Time appeared Redhat advanced Cluster Management For Kubernetes
Vendors & Products Redhat advanced Cluster Management For Kubernetes

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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threat_severity

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Description 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.
Title Acm-search-v2-rhel9: search-v2-operator: shell-command and sql injection in postgresql-start.sh via cr-supplied work_mem
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat acm
Weaknesses CWE-78
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:acm:2
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat acm
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-20T14:09:39.107Z

Reserved: 2026-08-06T19:34:07.970Z

Link: CVE-2026-71472

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-20T14:09:34.035Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-08-17T20:16:45.777

Modified: 2026-08-20T15:18:36.923

Link: CVE-2026-71472

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-08-17T19:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-71472 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-21T21:19:33Z