--- title: "CVE-2026-94290: SUSE Rancher Fleet - Broken Access Control" description: "SUSE Rancher Fleet 0.13.0 to 0.16.3 contains a broken access control vulnerability caused by insufficient restriction on kubeconfig secret references, letting ordinary users escalate privileges to manage the cluster with administrative credentials." url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-94290/ --- # CVE-2026-94290 SUSE Rancher Fleet - Broken Access Control SUSE Rancher Fleet 0.13.0 to 0.16.3 contains a broken access control vulnerability caused by insufficient restriction on kubeconfig secret references, letting ordinary users escalate privileges to manage the cluster with administrative credentials. CVSS base score 9.1 /10 Critical CISA KEV Not listed Public exploit None known Authentication Required [View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-94290) ## Details Type Broken Access Control Impact Privilege Escalation CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Published 2 November 2026 Updated 3 November 2026 Weakness [CWE-250](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/250.html) ## Vendor fix Update to a version later than 0.16.3 or the latest available version. Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them. ## References - [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-94290](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-94290) - [https://github.com/rancher/fleet/security/advisories/GHSA-qfmw-gw96-ffcr](https://github.com/rancher/fleet/security/advisories/GHSA-qfmw-gw96-ffcr) [← All CVEs](https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/) ## What this record can't tell you - Whether you run the affected software, and where - Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it - The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number - What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first Panop answers these inside your environment, for this CVE and every other finding. [Book a demo](https://panop.io/demo)