# CVE-2026-44948: Path Traversal in Rancher Fleet ImageScan GitRepo Path Handler

> Attackers can exploit a path traversal flaw in Rancher Fleet's ImageScan subsystem to cause a denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Jun 2026
- **Updated:** 30 Jun 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c45g-6c2c-rj3p

## What is CVE-2026-44948?

CVE-2026-44948 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in SUSE Rancher, published on 30 Jun 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A path traversal vulnerability was found in Fleet's ImageScan subsystem in Rancher Fleet 0.12.0 up to 0.12.16, 0.13.0 up to 0.13.12, 0.14.0 up to 0.14.7 and 0.15.0 up to 0.15.3 could be used to traverse outside of the intended directory, causing a denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-23 (Relative Path Traversal)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-44948?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Suse Rancher Fleet.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-44948?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-44948 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-44948 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-44948 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SUSE Rancher

- [CVE-2026-44935](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-44935/): Rancher Fleet vulnerable to cross namespace secret disclosure via unvalidated `valuesFrom` references in Helm Deployer (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2026-41050](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-41050/): Helm impersonation bypass of `RESTClientGetter` retains `cluster-admin` during template rendering (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2026-88808](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-88808/): Privilege escalation in Rancher (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-44938](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-44938/): Fleet has PSS Bypass through addLabelsFromOptions in Fleet Agent (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-44937](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-44937/): SUSE Rancher Fleet had an Unauthenticated Webhook: Regex Injection via Unsanitized Repository URL Components (high 8.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-44948 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-44948 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in SUSE Rancher, published on 30 Jun 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-44948 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SUSE Rancher. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-44948/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-44948/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44948
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44948
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-44948

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-44948/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.