Answer in brief
CVE-2026-44945 records a Critical severity (CVSS 9.1) vulnerability in Cross-Cluster Impersonation Confused-Deputy Privilege Escalation. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps SUSE/Rancher (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
HOL Guard separates source facts from reviewed analysis. See the methodology.
CVSS is 9.1. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps SUSE/Rancher (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| SUSE/Ranchergeneric | >=2.11.0 <2.11.16 || >=2.12.0 <2.12.12 || >=2.13.0 <2.13.8 || >=2.14.0 <2.14.2 | 2.11.16, 2.12.12, 2.13.8, 2.14.2 |
Published upstream
Aug 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Aug 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 5, 2026
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Rancher's impersonation middleware (pkg/auth/requests/impersonate.go). An authenticated Rancher user with the default user global role can gain full administrative access to the Rancher control plane and transitively to all downstream clusters it manages. This issue affects Rancher: from 2.11.0 before 2.11.16, from 2.12.0 before 2.12.12, from 2.13.0 before 2.13.8, and from 2.14.0 before 2.14.2.
Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.
Answer in brief
CVE-2026-44945 records a Critical severity (CVSS 9.1) vulnerability in Cross-Cluster Impersonation Confused-Deputy Privilege Escalation. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps SUSE/Rancher (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
HOL Guard separates source facts from reviewed analysis. See the methodology.
CVSS is 9.1. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps SUSE/Rancher (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| SUSE/Ranchergeneric | >=2.11.0 <2.11.16 || >=2.12.0 <2.12.12 || >=2.13.0 <2.13.8 || >=2.14.0 <2.14.2 | 2.11.16, 2.12.12, 2.13.8, 2.14.2 |
Published upstream
Aug 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Aug 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 5, 2026
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Rancher's impersonation middleware (pkg/auth/requests/impersonate.go). An authenticated Rancher user with the default user global role can gain full administrative access to the Rancher control plane and transitively to all downstream clusters it manages. This issue affects Rancher: from 2.11.0 before 2.11.16, from 2.12.0 before 2.12.12, from 2.13.0 before 2.13.8, and from 2.14.0 before 2.14.2.
Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.