redhat acm CVE-2026-71468 is a vulnerability in Red Hat Acm
Published on August 11, 2026

Acm-search-v2-api-rhel9: search-v2-api: cross-user bearer-token reuse via global federation-config cache
A flaw was found in acm-search-v2-api-rhel9. When the `getFederationConfig` function refreshes its cache, it improperly reuses a user's bearer token for all subsequent federated requests until the cache expires. This allows other authenticated users to gain unauthorized access to remote managed hub search results, leading to information disclosure.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2026-71468 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
HIGH
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
NONE

Timeline

Reported to Red Hat.

Made public. 5 days later.

Weakness Type

Incorrect Privilege Assignment

A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.


Products Associated with CVE-2026-71468

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Affected Versions

Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2: