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CVE-2026-88808

8.8 · HIGH

A vulnerability has been identified within Rancher Manager where the Fleet agent wrote resources to downstream clusters using its own cluster-admin credentials instead of the ServiceAccount pinned…

Published Sep 28, 2026suseCWE-250EPSS 0.28%

Overview

CVE-2026-88808 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting suse rancher_fleet. It was published on September 28, 2026 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical description

A vulnerability has been identified within Rancher Manager where the Fleet agent wrote resources to downstream clusters using its own cluster-admin credentials instead of the ServiceAccount pinned to the deployment. It affects multi-tenancy environments where different tenants share the same downstream clusters, for example different privileged or untrusted teams inside the same organization. This could lead to overwritten configuration files.

This issue affected SUSE Rancher Fleet 0.16 before 0.16.2, 0.15 before 0.15.7, and 0.14 before 0.14.11.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from suse. Update rancher_fleet to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsStatus
suserancher_fleet>= 0.14.0, < 0.14.11Affected

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-88808?

CVE-2026-88808 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting suse rancher_fleet. It was published on September 28, 2026 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

How severe is CVE-2026-88808?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2026-88808?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from suse. Update rancher_fleet to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

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