CVE-2026-55998 PUBLISHED

Cluster Existence Oracle via Unauthenticated Import Endpoint

Assigner: suse
Reserved: 18.06.2026 Published: 05.08.2026 Updated: 05.08.2026

The endpoint /v3/import/{token}_{clusterId}.yaml retrieves the cluster object before validating the token. When a valid cluster ID references a cluster that has private registry secrets configured, a nil pointer dereference in pkg/systemtemplate/private_registry.go causes the request to return HTTP 502 Bad Gateway. For cluster IDs that do not exist, the endpoint returns HTTP 200. This observable difference in response codes constitutes a reliable enumeration oracle.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score: 5.3

Product Status

Vendor SUSE
Product Rancher
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 2.14.0 to 2.14.4 (excl.)
  • affected from 2.13.0 to 2.13.8 (excl.)
  • affected from 2.12.0 to 2.12.12 (excl.)
  • affected from 2.11.0 to 2.11.16 (excl.)

Credits

  • This vulnerability was discovered and reported by Michael Wollner (@ibonok) from Deutsche Telekom AG. finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-204 Observable response discrepancy CWE