{
  "threat_severity" : "Important",
  "public_date" : "2026-08-17T19:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "acm-search-v2-rhel9: search-v2-operator: Shell-command and SQL injection in postgresql-start.sh via CR-supplied WORK_MEM",
    "id" : "2512151",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2512151"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "9.1",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "status" : "draft"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-78",
  "details" : [ "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.", "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." ],
  "statement" : "This Critical vulnerability in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes allows a highly privileged user, such as a hub administrator or Search CR editor, to execute arbitrary shell commands or SQL statements within the postgres pod. This is due to improper handling of untrusted input in the `WORK_MEM` string, leading to a complete compromise of the cluster's search service with cluster-wide impersonate privileges.",
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "rhacm2/acm-search-v2-rhel9",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:acm:2"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-71472\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-71472" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2026-71472",
  "mitigation" : {
    "value" : "Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.",
    "lang" : "en:us"
  },
  "csaw" : false
}