Vulnerability · Published Oct 30, 2026 · Assigned by suse

CVE-2026-104615Cluster identity takeover in Fleet cluster registration allows access to another cluster's Fleet namespace

High 7.9

In plain English

A high-severity authentication bypass by spoofing in Rancher from SUSE. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 13% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.9High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 87.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A security vulnerability was discovered in SUSE Rancher Fleet's cluster registration flow, in Fleet versions before 0.12, 0.13.0 up to 0.13.17, 0.14.0 up to 0.14.12, 0.15.0 up t o 0.15.17 and 0.16.0 up to 0.16.3. The cluster identity claimed by a registration request was accepted without being bound to the registration token that the request was made with. As a result, a registration request could be associated with a managed cluster that was originally registered with a different registration token.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
SUSE Rancher 0.16.0 – before 0.16.30.15.0. – before 0.15.170.14.0 – before 0.14.120.13 – before 0.13.170 – through 0.12

Weakness: CWE-290 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:H

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