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TI-2023-08823 Aliases CVE-2023-22647GHSA-p976-h52c-26p6

Improper privilege management in SUSE Rancher

Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-267Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Privilege escalation
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-269.

Summary

An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in SUSE Rancher allowed standard users to leverage their existing permissions to manipulate Kubernetes secrets in the local cluster, resulting in the secret being deleted, but their read-level permissions to the secret being preserved. When this operation was followed-up by other specially crafted commands, it could result in the user gaining access to tokens belonging to service accounts in the local cluster. This issue affects Rancher: from >= 2.6.0 before < 2.6.13, from >= 2.7.0 before < 2.7.4.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00715 53rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Rancher (SUSE): < 2.6.13, < 2.7.4github.com/rancher/rancher (Go): 2.6.13, 2.7.4

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
SUSERancher>= 2.6.0 to before < 2.6.13; >= 2.7.0 to before < 2.7.4< 2.6.13, < 2.7.4Patch availableCNA
—github.com/rancher/rancher (Go)2.6.0 to before 2.6.132.6.13Patch availableGHSA-p976-h52c-26p6
—github.com/rancher/rancher (Go)2.7.0 to before 2.7.42.7.4Patch availableGHSA-p976-h52c-26p6
  • Rancher VendorSUSE Affected >= 2.6.0 to before < 2.6.13; >= 2.7.0 to before < 2.7.4 Fixed in < 2.6.13, < 2.7.4 Patch available CNA
  • github.com/rancher/rancher (Go) Vendor— Affected 2.6.0 to before 2.6.13 Fixed in 2.6.13 Patch available GHSA-p976-h52c-26p6
  • github.com/rancher/rancher (Go) Vendor— Affected 2.7.0 to before 2.7.4 Fixed in 2.7.4 Patch available GHSA-p976-h52c-26p6

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:suse:rancher:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.6.0 to before 2.6.13; 2.7.0 to before 2.7.4VulnerableSUSE
  • cpe:2.3:a:suse:rancher:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.6.0 to before 2.6.13; 2.7.0 to before 2.7.4 Vulnerable ·SUSE

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Rancher (SUSE) Fixed in < 2.6.13, < 2.7.4
  • Fix · GHSA-p976-h52c-26p6 github.com/rancher/rancher (Go) Fixed in 2.6.13 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-p976-h52c-26p6 github.com/rancher/rancher (Go) Fixed in 2.7.4 Advisory →

Fixed in the same release

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

  • Release ·

    SUSE Rancher < 2.6.13, < 2.7.4

    3 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM, 1 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2022-21494 Cross-site scripting in SUSE RancherPriority MEDIUM 40
    • TI-2023-08824 Improper privilege management in SUSE RancherPriority LOW 38
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-22647
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p976-h52c-26p6

References

Advisory 3

Other 3

  • TI-2021-14903 Rancher: Plaintext storage and exposure of credentials in Rancher API and cluster.management.cattle.io object CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • 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-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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