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    CVE-2026-55997

    Rancher issues long-lived registration tokens to authenticate nodes and agents joining a downstream cluster. These tokens were stored and exposed in plaintext with no expiration, so a malicious user could obtain one either through the Rancher API, etcd, stored automation, or direct file access on a node, and could use it at any time to register a rogue node into the cluster.

    Published:Aug 5, 2026
    Last Modified:Aug 6, 2026
    EPS:Aug 5, 2026
    EPSS Score:0.0008
    CVSS Score:8.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Rancher
    Product
    Rancher

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-37 Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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