High Authentication

CVE-2026-44946 — SAML Authentication Replay in Rancher

A SAML authentication replay vulnerability in Rancher's Assertion Consumer Service (ACS) handler did not enforce one-time use of SAML assertion, potentially allowing person in the middle attacks against Rancher, affecting Rancher 2.14.0 before 2.14.3,

Published Jun 30, 2026 · Updated Oct 13, 2026 · Sources: NIST National Vulnerability Database, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP · CNA: suse

Low

Who exploits it and how urgent it is

A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.

No exploitation signal in the sources consulted so far.

How the score was calculated

EPSS 0.4% (30-day exploitation probability)+5
Technical severity (high)+6

The score orders the patch queue; it does not replace your asset context (internet exposure, criticality, compensating controls).

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

Exploitation

Not confirmed

Not in CISA KEV — an absence of record, not proof it is unexploited.

EPSS FIRST

0.39%

ahead of 31% of scored CVEs · Oct 14, 2026

Affects

SUSE

Rancher

CVSS base

7.4

High · 3 source(s)

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Exploitation

None

none · proof-of-concept · active

Automatable

can an attacker script the kill-chain steps

Technical impact

Total

partial · total control of the vulnerable component

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

Documented mitigation — github.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (SUSE Rancher).
The attack is network-based and needs no privileges: restrict exposure (ACLs, VPN, WAF) until patched.
Apply the documented mitigations until a definitive fix is available.
Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (authentication), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status	Source
SUSE	Rancher	≥ 2.11.0 and < 2.11.15≥ 2.12.0 and < 2.12.11≥ 2.13.0 and < 2.13.7≥ 2.14.0 and < 2.14.3	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
SUSE	Rancher	≥ 2.14.0 and < 2.14.3≥ 2.13.0 and < 2.13.7≥ 2.12.0 and < 2.12.11≥ 2.11.0 and < 2.11.15	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

High

Privileges required

None

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Score	Version	Severity	Expl.	Impact	Scored by
9.5	CVSS 4.0	Critical	—	—	meissner@suse.de via NIST National Vulnerability Database
9.5	CVSS 4.0	Critical	—	—	suse via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
7.4	CVSS 3.1	High	2.2	5.2	nvd@nist.gov via NIST National Vulnerability Database

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N (score shown at the top: nvd@nist.gov)

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-294 · Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay

Other CVEs with this weakness →

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 13, 2026 → Oct 14, 2026 · 2 reading(s) · max 0.39%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).
Review authentication logs: logins without MFA, anomalous sessions and recently created accounts.

web/proxy/WAF logsnetwork IDS/IPSauthentication logs

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

2026
Affected products added · suse/rancher
Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
SSVC assessment updated
Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Record published
Oct 13, 2026
Fix documented
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
CVSS changed · 7.4
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Source status changed · → Analyzed
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Record created in this database
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
CVE published
Jun 30, 2026 · suse

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

1× Official description updated · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026

References

1 on the record

github.com/rancher/rancher/security/advisories/GHSA-c5jm-xcmq-9j95
Vendor Advisory, Mitigation, vendor-advisory, NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

SUSE
every CVE for this vendor

Authentication
same class

CWE-294
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

High CVE-2024-22031 Rancher users who can create Projects can gain access to arbitrary projects 8h
High CVE-2026-88808 Fleet agent copies downstream resources with cluster-admin privileges, allowing cross-namespace writes on downstream clusters 17d
Medium CVE-2026-93539 Unauthenticated GitRepo Spec Mutation via Fleet Git Webhook Receiver 17d
Medium CVE-2026-93540 Fleet applies namespace labels and annotations without the bundle's service account privileges 17d
High CVE-2026-93538 Cross-tenant BundleDeployment and Secret disclosure via spoofed cluster labels during agent-initiated registration in Fleet 17d
Medium CVE-2026-93537 Path traversal in Fleet Helm valuesFiles allows disclosure of files outside the bundle directory 17d

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2026-44946 is "SAML Authentication Replay in Rancher", rated High. It affects Rancher (SUSE); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 7.4 describes technical severity. EPSS 0.39% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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