Vulnerability · CVE-2026-41050
Fleet's Helm deployer did not fully apply ServiceAccount impersonation in two code paths, allowing a tenant with git push access to a Fleet-monitored repository to rea…
Published May 13, 2026 · catalog updated Oct 20, 2026 · rancher fleet
Last checked Oct 25, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-41050. EPSS is 0.39%. Act only if a listed version of rancher fleet is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Same product and reporting
- CVE-2026-44938 · High
- CVE-2026-44948 · Medium
- Severity
- Critical9.9
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.39%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- cpe suse/rancher fleet
Fleet's Helm deployer did not fully apply ServiceAccount impersonation in two code paths, allowing a tenant with git push access to a Fleet-monitored repository to read secrets from any namespace on every downstream cluster targeted by their .
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- cpe suse/rancher fleet< 0.11.13
- cpe suse/rancher fleet< 0.12.14
- cpe suse/rancher fleet< 0.13.10
- cpe suse/rancher fleet< 0.14.5
- cpe suse/rancher fleet< 0.15.1
How to fix CVE-2026-41050
Upgrade
CVE-2026-41050 lists a fix boundary at 0.11.13. Compare the installed build with that boundary before you change production.
Version check
Affected < 0.11.13
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-41050. EPSS is 0.39%. Act only if a listed version of rancher fleet is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with suse/rancher fleet < 0.11.13; suse/rancher fleet < 0.12.14; suse/rancher fleet < 0.13.10; suse/rancher fleet < 0.14.5. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization. EPSS 0.39%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
May 13, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
Fleet's Helm deployer did not fully apply ServiceAccount impersonation in two code paths, allowing a tenant with git push access to a Fleet-monitored repository to read secrets from any namespace on every downstream cluster targeted by their .
Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
Fleet's Helm deployer did not fully apply ServiceAccount impersonation in two code paths, allowing a tenant with git push access to a Fleet-monitored repository to read secrets from any namespace on every downstream cluster targeted by their .
Oct 20, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
Fleet's Helm deployer did not fully apply ServiceAccount impersonation in two code paths, allowing a tenant with git push access to a Fleet-monitored repository to read secrets from any namespace on every downstream cluster targeted by their .
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-41050
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-41050
30-day exploitation probability 0.39%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-41050
Fleet's Helm deployer did not fully apply ServiceAccount impersonation in two code paths, allowing a tenant with git push access to a Fleet-monitored repository to read secrets from any namespace on every downstream cluster targeted by their .
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 25, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- FIRST EPSSOct 25, 2026
- NIST NVDOct 23, 2026
- CVE.orgOct 16, 2026