CVE-2026-41050 PUBLISHED

Helm impersonation bypass of `RESTClientGetter` retains `cluster-admin` during template rendering

Assigner: suse
Reserved: 16.04.2026 Published: 13.05.2026 Updated: 14.05.2026

Fleet's Helm deployer did not fully apply ServiceAccount impersonation in two code paths, allowing a tenant with git push access to a Fleet-monitored repository to read secrets from any namespace on every downstream cluster targeted by their GitRepo.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.9

Product Status

Vendor SUSE
Product Rancher
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0.15.0 to 0.15.1 (excl.)
  • affected from 0.14.0 to 0.14.5 (excl.)
  • affected from 0.13.0 to 0.13.10 (excl.)
  • affected from 0.12.0 to 0.12.14 (excl.)
  • affected from 0.11.0 to 0.11.13 (excl.)

Credits

  • https://github.com/kodareef5 finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization CWE