What is CVE-2026-71298?

CVE-2026-71298 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Multicluster Engine For Kubernetes, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2026-10-05.

How severe is CVE-2026-71298?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Red Hat Multicluster Engine For Kubernetes

CVE-2026-71298

A flaw was found in maestro. A remote attacker could exploit a SQL injection vulnerability in the `orderBy` query parameter of its REST API list endpoints. This flaw, which does not require authentication, allows for read-only blind extraction of data from the database.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2026-10-05 · last modified 2026-10-06.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Red Hat Multicluster Engine For Kubernetes

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71298 (vdb-entry)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (issue-tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-71298?: CVE-2026-71298 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Multicluster Engine For Kubernetes, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2026-10-05.
How severe is CVE-2026-71298?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.