Critical · CVSS 9.1CVE-2026-94290

Privilege escalation to cluster-admin on the Rancher local cluster through Fleet's agent management controllerCVE-2026-94290

Answer in brief

CVE-2026-94290 records a Critical severity (CVSS 9.1) vulnerability in Privilege escalation to cluster-admin on the Rancher local cluster through Fleet's agent management controller. 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

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Published Nov 2, 2026Updated Nov 2, 2026Source checked Nov 2, 2026First seen by HOL Nov 2, 2026Material review Nov 2, 2026

Upstream Advisory

Key facts

Risk: Critical · CVSS 9.1
Exploitation: Not marked as known exploited
Affected software: 1 mapped package or product
Fix availability: Available

Why this deserves its current priority

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.

Affected scope and exposure questions

The current feed maps SUSE/Rancher (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Mapped affected packages and fixed versions
Package	Affected range	Fixed version
SUSE/Ranchergeneric	>=0.16.0 <0.16.3 \|\| >=0.15.0 <0.15.8 \|\| >=0.14.0 <0.14.12 \|\| >=0.13.0 <0.13.17	0.16.3, 0.15.8, 0.14.12, 0.13.17

Recommended response

Check inventory. Check lockfiles and deployed manifests for SUSE/Rancher.
Review the reported fix. Update SUSE/Rancher to 0.16.3 if you use the affected versions. Test the change in a non-production environment first.

Evidence timeline and material changes

Published upstream
Nov 2, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
Source modified
Nov 2, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
First seen by HOL
Nov 2, 2026

Sources and claim methodology

GitHub security advisorygithub.com

Upstream source description

SUSE Rancher Fleet clusters reference a kubeconfig secret that the controller uses to install and manage a Fleet agent on the target cluster. The controller did not sufficiently restrict which kubeconfig secrets a Fleet Cluster object was allowed to reference. As a result, a Fleet cluster defined in a namespace an ordinary user controls could be associated with administrative credentials for the management cluster itself, causing the controller to manage the management cluster on that user's behalf and to run that user's Fleet content there with elevated privileges. This affects SUSE Rancher Fleet 0.16.0 up to 0.16.3, 0.15.0 up to 0.15.8, 0.14.0 up to 0.14.12, 0.13.0 up to 0.13.17 and possible older versions.

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