What is CVE-2026-44945?

CVE-2026-44945 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Suse Rancher, classified under Unintended Proxy or Intermediary (Confused Deputy). CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2026-08-05.

How severe is CVE-2026-44945?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Suse Rancher

CVE-2026-44945

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 contr…

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Suse Rancher — versions 2.11.0, 2.12.0, 2.13.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-441 — Unintended Proxy or Intermediary (Confused Deputy)
CWE-497 — Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere

References

meissner@suse.de (issue-tracking)
meissner@suse.de (patch)
meissner@suse.de (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-44945?: CVE-2026-44945 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Suse Rancher, classified under Unintended Proxy or Intermediary (Confused Deputy). CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2026-08-05.
How severe is CVE-2026-44945?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.