Medium severity · published Jun 30, 2026
CVE-2026-44948
Path Traversal in Rancher Fleet ImageScan GitRepo Path Handler
4.9
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 42% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RA
Rancher · SUSE
0.12.0 before 0.12.16; 0.13.0 before 0.13.12; 0.14.0 before 0.14.7; 0.15.0 before 0.15.3 · source: vendor
RF
Rancher Fleet · Suse
0.12.0 before 0.12.16; 0.13.0 before 0.13.12; 0.14.0 before 0.14.7; 0.15.0 before 0.15.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44948
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44948
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/rancher/fleet/security/advisories/GHSA-c45g-6c2c-rj3p
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