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CVE-2023-32197

Rancher's External RoleTemplates can lead to privilege escalation

Published: Apr 16, 2025Updated: Apr 16, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-269
NVD MITRE
6.6CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 60.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

A Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in SUSE rancher in RoleTemplateobjects when external=true is set can lead to privilege escalation in specific scenarios.This issue affects rancher: from 2.7.0 before 2.7.14, from 2.8.0 before 2.8.5.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:HUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-269

Affected Products

rancherSUSE
On-prem
DevTools & CI / ci-cd
Rancher ManagerRancher Labs
Mixed
Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration
Rancher Kubernetes Engine 2 (RKE2)Rancher Labs
Mixed
Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration
github.com/rancher/rancherGoOSS Libraries
susecommercialDEOperating Systems
rancher labscommercialCloud & SaaSaka rancher, rke, rke2
gopackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2023-32197
bugzilla.suse.com
https://github.com/rancher/rancher/security/advisories/GHSA-64jq-m7rq-768h
github.com
https://github.com/rancher/rke2/security/advisories/GHSA-x7xj-jvwp-97rv
github.com
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Timeline

Published
Apr 16, 2025
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2025

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