CVE-2026-71404
Published:September 03, 2026
Updated:September 22, 2026
A flaw was found in Rancher Manager. The GlobalRole controller derived the target ClusterRole name from the user-settable "authz.management.cattle.io/cr-name" annotation and overwrote that object's rules without verifying ownership. A user with delegated GlobalRole create or update permission could point the annotation at any existing ClusterRole, such as "cluster-admin", and revoke the permissions of every principal bound to it. The change persists after the malicious GlobalRole is deleted.
This issue affects Rancher: before 2.15.1.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/rancher/rancher.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v1.0.0 <v2.15.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v2.15.1github.com/rancher/rancher (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v1.0.0 <v2.15.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v2.15.1Related Resources (5)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
8.4
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
HIGH
Subsequent System Availability
HIGH
CVSS v3
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
EPSS
Base Score:
0.24