8.8
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-44938
Fleet has PSS Bypass through addLabelsFromOptions in Fleet Agent
Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Fleet's agent-side deployer, which did not filter security-sensitive keys from namespaceLabels in fleet.yaml (or BundleDeployment.spec.options.namespaceLabels) when applying them to the target namespace. An attacker with git push access to a Fleet-monitored repository could overwrite Pod Security Standards (PSS) enforcement labels on a target namespace. This allows the attacker to weaken admission controls and deploy workloads that PSS policies would otherwise block.

INFO

Published Date :

July 7, 2026, 2:16 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 7, 2026, 3:16 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-44938 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Suse rancher
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
CVSS 3.1 HIGH 404e59f5-483d-4b8a-8e7a-e67604dd8afb
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 HIGH MITRE-CVE
Solution
Update Fleet to filter sensitive keys from namespaceLabels and prevent PSS label overwrites.
  • Update Fleet agent-side deployer to filter sensitive keys.
  • Ensure namespaceLabels do not overwrite PSS enforcement labels.
  • Apply security patches for Fleet agent.
  • Validate namespace label filtering.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2026-44938
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-864g-863m-vcvq
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  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Jul. 07, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added SSVC {'id': 'CVE-2026-44938', 'role': 'CISA Coordinator', 'options': [{'exploitation': 'none'}, {'automatable': 'no'}, {'technicalImpact': 'total'}], 'version': '2.0.3', 'timestamp': '2026-07-07T14:07:36.547547Z'}
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jul. 07, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Affected [{'vendor': 'SUSE', 'product': 'Rancher', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '0.15.0', 'lessThan': '0.15.2', 'versionType': 'semver'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '0.14.0', 'lessThan': '0.14.6', 'versionType': 'semver'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '0.13.0', 'lessThan': '0.13.11', 'versionType': 'semver'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '0.12.0', 'lessThan': '0.12.15', 'versionType': 'semver'}], 'packageName': 'github.com/rancher/fleet', 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}]
    Added Description A vulnerability has been identified in Fleet's agent-side deployer, which did not filter security-sensitive keys from namespaceLabels in fleet.yaml (or BundleDeployment.spec.options.namespaceLabels) when applying them to the target namespace. An attacker with git push access to a Fleet-monitored repository could overwrite Pod Security Standards (PSS) enforcement labels on a target namespace. This allows the attacker to weaken admission controls and deploy workloads that PSS policies would otherwise block.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-522
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2026-44938
    Added Reference https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-864g-863m-vcvq
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