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CVE-2022-45157

Exposure of vSphere's CPI and CSI credentials in Rancher

Published: Nov 13, 2024Updated: Nov 13, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-522
NVD MITRE
9.1CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 65.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in the way that Rancher stores vSphere's CPI (Cloud Provider Interface) and CSI (Container Storage Interface) credentials used to deploy clusters through the vSphere cloud provider. This issue leads to the vSphere CPI and CSI passwords being stored in a plaintext object inside Rancher. This vulnerability is only applicable to users that deploy clusters in vSphere environments.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:CC:HI:LA:L
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-522

Affected Products

RancherRancher Labs
Mixed
Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration
rancherSUSE
On-prem
DevTools & CI / ci-cd
github.com/rancher/rancherGoOSS Libraries
rancher labscommercialCloud & SaaSaka rancher, rke, rke2
susecommercialDEOperating Systems
gopackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Credential Access
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References

https://forums.rancher.com/t/rancher-release-v2-9-3/44373
forums.rancher.com
https://github.com/rancher/rancher/security/advisories/GHSA-xj7w-r753-vj8v
github.com
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2022-45157
bugzilla.suse.com
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Timeline

Published
Nov 13, 2024
Last Updated
Nov 13, 2024

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