CVE-2026-44947 Stale PSA ClusterRoleBinding Persists After RoleTemplate Downgrade in Rancher
Users retain unauthorized Pod Security Admission permissions after RoleTemplate downgrades due to missing cleanup in Rancher.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-44947?
CVE-2026-44947 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SUSE Rancher, published on 30 Jun 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A missing clean-up in the legacy Project Role Template Binding (PRTB) reconciler in Rancher versions 2.13.0 up to 2.13.7 and 2.14.0 up to 2.14.3 allowed users to retain unauthorized Pod Security Admission (PSA) permissions after an administrator removes those permissions from a RoleTemplate.
Weakness: CWE-281
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-44947?
How do I fix CVE-2026-44947?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-44947 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-44947 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-44947 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c4rp-wgqc-mfhc.