Authentication bypass by spoofing in SUSE Rancher
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-290.
Summary
A cross-tenant authorization issue was discovered in SUSE Rancher Fleet. During agent-initiated cluster registration, cluster labels supplied by the registering agent, including labels in the reserved management.cattle.io/ namespace such as the cluster display name label, were applied to the resulting upstream Cluster object. Because Fleet resolves GitRepo and Bundle targets from those cluster labels, a party able to register a cluster into a Fleet workspace namespace shared with other tenants could cause its own cluster to satisfy targeting rules that administrators intended for a different cluster. This affects SUSE Rancher Fleet 0.16 before 0.16.1, 0.15 before 0.15.6, 0.14 before 0.14.10, 0.13 before 0.13.15, 0.12 before 0.12.19 and older versions.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUSE | Rancher | 0.16.0 to before 0.16.1; 0.15.0 to before 0.15.6; 0.14.0 to before 0.14.10; 0.13.0 to before 0.13.15; 0.12.0 to before 0.12.19 | 0.16.1, 0.15.6, 0.14.10, 0.13.15, 0.12.19 | Patch available | CNA |
- Rancher VendorSUSE Affected 0.16.0 to before 0.16.1; 0.15.0 to before 0.15.6; 0.14.0 to before 0.14.10; 0.13.0 to before 0.13.15; 0.12.0 to before 0.12.19 Fixed in 0.16.1, 0.15.6, 0.14.10, 0.13.15, 0.12.19 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:suse:rancher_fleet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.12.0 to before 0.12.19; 0.13.0 to before 0.13.15; 0.14.0 to before 0.14.10; 0.15.0 to before 0.15.6; 0.16.0 to before 0.16.1 | Vulnerable | SUSE |
- cpe:2.3:a:suse:rancher_fleet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.12.0 to before 0.12.19; 0.13.0 to before 0.13.15; 0.14.0 to before 0.14.10; 0.15.0 to before 0.15.6; 0.16.0 to before 0.16.1 Vulnerable ·SUSE
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Rancher (SUSE) Fixed in 0.16.1, 0.15.6, 0.14.10, 0.13.15, 0.12.19
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-93538
References
More SUSE Rancher Fleet vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-32801 Rancher Fleet vulnerable to cross namespace secret disclosure via unvalidated `valuesFrom` references in Helm Deployer CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2026-29689 Helm impersonation bypass of `RESTClientGetter` retains `cluster-admin` during template rendering CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2026-60216 Fleet agent copies downstream resources with cluster-admin privileges, allowing… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-32804 Fleet has PSS Bypass through addLabelsFromOptions in Fleet Agent CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-32803 SUSE Rancher Fleet had an Unauthenticated Webhook: Regex Injection via Unsanitized Repository URL Components CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.3
- TI-2026-63017 Path traversal in Fleet Helm valuesFiles allows disclosure of files outside the bundle directory CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
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