Advisories for Golang/Github.com/Rancher/Fleet package

2025

Rancher Fleet Helm Values are stored inside BundleDeployment in plain text

A vulnerability has been identified when using Fleet to manage Helm charts where sensitive information is passed through BundleDeployment.Spec.Options.Helm.Values may be stored in plain text. This can result in: Unauthorized disclosure of sensitive data: Any user with GET or LIST permissions on BundleDeployment resources could retrieve Helm values containing credentials or other secrets. Lack of encryption at rest: BundleDeployment is not configured for Kubernetes encryption at rest by default, causing …

Fleet doesn’t validate a server’s certificate when connecting through SSH

A vulnerability has been identified within Fleet where, by default, Fleet will automatically trust a remote server’s certificate when connecting through SSH if the certificate isn’t set in the known_hosts file. This could allow the execution of a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack against Fleet. In case the server that is being connected to has a trusted entry in the known_hosts file, then Fleet will correctly check the authenticity of the presented …