CVE-2026-44940

Service token exposure and potential privilege escalation in SUSE Observability

Published Sep 17, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.7 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The rancher-extension-stackstate extension in SUSE Observability exposes service tokens in plain configuration or insecure locations rather than managing them securely. An attacker with minimal access could obtain the token to gain unauthorized access or escalate privileges within the observability environment.

Remediation

Vendor Workaround

Revoke the existing service token inside SUSE Observability. Generate a new service token assigned to the `stackstate-guest` role (which enforces read-only access) rather than the default `stackstate-k8s-troubleshooter` role.

Tracking

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Advisories

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Suse
Suse suse Observability
Vendors & Products Suse
Suse suse Observability
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The rancher-extension-stackstate extension in SUSE Observability exposes service tokens in plain configuration or insecure locations rather than managing them securely. An attacker with minimal access could obtain the token to gain unauthorized access or escalate privileges within the observability environment.
Title Service token exposure and potential privilege escalation in SUSE Observability
Weaknesses CWE-200
CWE-312
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
suse
Published
Updated
Sep 29, 2026, 4:07 PM
Reserved
May 8, 2026, 12:29 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Sep 17, 2026, 7:16 AM
Modified
Sep 29, 2026, 5:17 PM