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.
Published: 2026-09-17
Score: 5.7 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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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.

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History

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 17:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Fri, 18 Sep 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Suse
Suse suse Observability
Vendors & Products Suse
Suse suse Observability

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0000

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'}


Subscriptions

Suse Suse Observability
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: suse

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-29T16:07:34.098Z

Reserved: 2026-05-08T12:29:48.968Z

Link: CVE-2026-44940

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-17T12:34:13.391Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-17T07:16:28.167

Modified: 2026-09-29T17:17:08.700

Link: CVE-2026-44940

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-18T20:02:54Z

Weaknesses