# CVE-2026-55998: Cluster Existence Oracle via Unauthenticated Import Endpoint

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.14.4, 2.13.8, 2.12.12, 2.11.16
- Published: 2026-08-05 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Rancher: from 2.14.0, fixed in 2.14.4; from 2.13.0, fixed in 2.13.8; from 2.12.0, fixed in 2.12.12; from 2.11.0, fixed in 2.11.16

## Description

The endpoint /v3/import/{token}_{clusterId}.yaml retrieves the cluster object before validating the token. When a valid cluster ID references a cluster that has private registry secrets configured, a nil pointer dereference in pkg/systemtemplate/private_registry.go causes the request to return HTTP 502 Bad Gateway. For cluster IDs that do not exist, the endpoint returns HTTP 200. This observable difference in response codes constitutes a reliable enumeration oracle.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Rancher, upgrade to a fixed version (2.14.4, 2.13.8, 2.12.12, 2.11.16) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/rancher/rancher/security/advisories/GHSA-23h9-rr79-r3gh
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2026-55998

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