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CVE-2026-93540: SUSE Rancher · Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Affects SUSE RancherSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.5 Medium · fixed in 0.16.1 : update SUSE Rancher when convenient.

Data as of 12 Nov 2026, 23:25 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
6.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 6% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 0.16.1, 0.15.7, 0.14.11 +1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 28 Sep 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 13 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade Rancher and Fleet to 0.16.1, 0.15.7, 0.14.11 or 0.13.16.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
SUSERancherAffected
  • >=0.16.0 <0.16.1
Fixed in
  • 0.16.1
SUSERancherAffected
  • >=0.15.0 <0.15.7
Fixed in
  • 0.15.7
SUSERancherAffected
  • >=0.14.0 <0.14.11
Fixed in
  • 0.14.11
SUSERancherAffected
  • >=0.13.0 <0.13.16
Fixed in
  • 0.13.16
GitHubFleetpkg:github/FleetOther threatsAffected
  • >=0.16.0 <0.16.1
  • >=0.15.0 <0.15.7
  • >=0.14.0 <0.14.11
  • >=0.13.0 <0.13.16
Fixed in
  • 0.16.1
  • 0.15.7
  • 0.14.11
  • 0.13.16

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AI-suggested

The vulnerability affects specific versions of SUSE Rancher Fleet prior to 0.13.16, 0.14.11, 0.15.7, and 0.16.1. Users should upgrade to these fixed versions or later to remediate the issue. No vendor advisory or patch links were provided in the input, so verify the current patch status with SUSE's official advisories before taking action.

Description

A privilege mismatch was found in Fleet. When a bundle requested namespace labels or annotations through the namespaceLabels and namespaceAnnotations options, the resulting namespace metadata update was not subject to the same authorization as the rest of the bundle's deployment. As a result, a bundle could change labels and annotations on a target namespace even when the identity it was pinned to was not authorized to modify that namespace. This affected SUSE Rancher Fleet 0.16 before 0.16.2, 0.15 before 0.15.7, 0.14 before 0.14.11, 0.13 before 0.13.16 and potentially older versions.

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