TI-2021-14903 Aliases CVE-2021-36782 GHSA-g7j7-h4q8-8w2f

Rancher: Plaintext storage and exposure of credentials in Rancher API and cluster.management.cattle.io object

MEDIUM 49CWE-312Published 2022-09-07 · Updated 2024-09-17

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-312.

Summary

A Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information vulnerability in SUSE Rancher allows authenticated Cluster Owners, Cluster Members, Project Owners, Project Members and User Base to use the Kubernetes API to retrieve plaintext version of sensitive data. This issue affects: SUSE Rancher Rancher versions prior to 2.5.16; Rancher versions prior to 2.6.7.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.04171 90th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed Rancher (SUSE): 2.5.16, 2.6.7github.com/rancher/rancher (Go): 2.5.16, 2.6.7

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
SUSE	Rancher	Rancher to before 2.5.16	2.5.16	Patch available	CNA
SUSE	Rancher	Rancher to before 2.6.7	2.6.7	Patch available	CNA
—	github.com/rancher/rancher (Go)	2.5.0 to before 2.5.16	2.5.16	Patch available	GHSA-g7j7-h4q8-8w2f
—	github.com/rancher/rancher (Go)	2.6.0 to before 2.6.7	2.6.7	Patch available	GHSA-g7j7-h4q8-8w2f

Rancher VendorSUSE Affected Rancher to before 2.5.16 Fixed in 2.5.16 Patch available CNA
Rancher VendorSUSE Affected Rancher to before 2.6.7 Fixed in 2.6.7 Patch available CNA
github.com/rancher/rancher (Go) Vendor— Affected 2.5.0 to before 2.5.16 Fixed in 2.5.16 Patch available GHSA-g7j7-h4q8-8w2f
github.com/rancher/rancher (Go) Vendor— Affected 2.6.0 to before 2.6.7 Fixed in 2.6.7 Patch available GHSA-g7j7-h4q8-8w2f

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:suse:rancher::::::::	2.5.0 to before 2.5.16; 2.6.0 to before 2.6.7	Vulnerable	SUSE

cpe:2.3:a:suse:rancher:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.5.0 to before 2.5.16; 2.6.0 to before 2.6.7 Vulnerable ·SUSE

Remediation

Fix · CNA Rancher (SUSE) Fixed in 2.5.16
Fix · CNA Rancher (SUSE) Fixed in 2.6.7
Fix · GHSA-g7j7-h4q8-8w2f github.com/rancher/rancher (Go) Fixed in 2.5.16 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-g7j7-h4q8-8w2f github.com/rancher/rancher (Go) Fixed in 2.6.7 Advisory →

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

Release · 2022-09-07
SUSE Rancher 2.5.16, 2.6.7
2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2022-13280 Rancher: Downstream cluster privilege escalation through cluster and project role template binding (CRTB/PRTB)Priority MEDIUM 41
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Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-36782
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g7j7-h4q8-8w2f

References

Exploit 2

Advisory 1

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36782

Other 1

https://github.com/rancher/rancher

TI-2022-21489 Rancher: Non-random authentication token CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2019-08380 An issue was discovered that affects the following versions of Rancher: v2.0.0 through… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2023-08827 Improper privilege management in SUSE Rancher CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
TI-2023-08823 Improper privilege management in SUSE Rancher CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
TI-2022-21491 Rancher: Exposure of sensitive fields CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
TI-2021-14904 Rancher: Failure to properly sanitize credentials in cluster template answers CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9

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Sources

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