What is CVE-2026-44543?

CVE-2026-44543 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rancher Local-path-provisioner, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.7/10. Published 2026-05-28.

How severe is CVE-2026-44543?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.7 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Rancher Local-path-provisioner

CVE-2026-44543

Local Path Provisioner provides a way for the Kubernetes users to utilize the local storage in each node. Prior to 0.0.36, a malicious user with permission to edit the local-path-config ConfigMap in the local-path-storage namespace can man…

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.000 (10.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Rancher Local-path-provisioner — versions < 0.0.36

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-44543?: CVE-2026-44543 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rancher Local-path-provisioner, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.7/10. Published 2026-05-28.
How severe is CVE-2026-44543?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.7 out of 10.