Exposure of vSphere's CPI and CSI credentials in Rancher
Priority LOW 37CWE-522Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-522.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00439 38th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed rancher (SUSE): 2.9.3, 2.8.9github.com/rancher/rancher (Go): 2.9.3, 2.8.9
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUSE | rancher | 2.9.0 to before 2.9.3; 2.7.0 to before 2.8.9 | 2.9.3, 2.8.9 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/rancher/rancher (Go) | 2.9.0 to before 2.9.3 | 2.9.3 | Patch available | GHSA-xj7w-r753-vj8v |
| — | github.com/rancher/rancher (Go) | 2.7.0 to before 2.8.9 | 2.8.9 | Patch available | GHSA-xj7w-r753-vj8v |
- rancher VendorSUSE Affected 2.9.0 to before 2.9.3; 2.7.0 to before 2.8.9 Fixed in 2.9.3, 2.8.9 Patch available CNA
- github.com/rancher/rancher (Go) Vendor— Affected 2.9.0 to before 2.9.3 Fixed in 2.9.3 Patch available GHSA-xj7w-r753-vj8v
- github.com/rancher/rancher (Go) Vendor— Affected 2.7.0 to before 2.8.9 Fixed in 2.8.9 Patch available GHSA-xj7w-r753-vj8v
Remediation
- Fix · CNA rancher (SUSE) Fixed in 2.9.3, 2.8.9
- Fix · GHSA-xj7w-r753-vj8v github.com/rancher/rancher (Go) Fixed in 2.9.3 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-xj7w-r753-vj8v github.com/rancher/rancher (Go) Fixed in 2.8.9 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-45157
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xj7w-r753-vj8v
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Sources
- CVE-2022-45157 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-45157 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xj7w-r753-vj8v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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