CVE-2026-41052 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Improper privilege handling could be used by users with Project Owner role to escalate privileges, in Rancher versions 2.14 before 2.14.2, 2.13 before 2.13.6, and 2.12 before 2.12.10.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact High

Subsequent System Integrity Impact High

Subsequent System Availability Impact High

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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Vendors	Products

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/rancher/rancher/security/advisories/GHSA-vx8h-4prv-g744

History

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 17:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Improper privilege handling could be used by users with Project Owner role to escalate privileges, in Rancher versions 2.14 before 2.14.2, 2.13 before 2.13.6, and 2.12 before 2.12.10.
Title		Rancher Privilege Escalation from Project Owner to Host
Weaknesses		CWE-305
References		https://github.com/rancher/rancher/security/advisories/GHSA-vx8h-4prv-g744
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 9.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: suse

Published: 2026-06-29T15:41:56.394Z

Updated: 2026-06-29T16:22:37.664Z

Reserved: 2026-04-16T13:37:50.680Z

Link: CVE-2026-41052

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-29T16:22:34.424Z

NVD

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Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-06-29T17:30:06Z

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