Service token exposure and potential privilege escalation in SUSE Observability

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-44940
StatePUBLISHED
Assignersuse
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-09-17 07:16:28 UTC
Updated2026-09-17 07:16:28 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.7 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-200 | CWE-312 | CWE-312 CWE-312: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information | CWE-200 CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary5.7MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
3.1CNACVSS5.7MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA SUSE SUSE Observability affected 2.13.6 custom Not specified
CNA SUSE SUSE Observability affected 2.14.0 2.14.2 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/StackVista/rancher-extension-stackstate/security/advisories/G... [email protected] github.com
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi [email protected] bugzilla.suse.com
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Additional Advisory Data

Workarounds

CNA: 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.

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