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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.1

CVE-2022-45157 json

Exposure of vSphere's CPI and CSI credentials in Rancher

published 2024-10-25 2 y ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also GHSA-xj7w-r753-vj8v , GO-2024-3223 , EUVD-2024-3170

cvss
9.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 38%
public exploits
0
none known

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.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/rancher/rancher 2.8.9, 2.9.3
  • SUSE rancher 2.8.9, 2.9.3
  • govulncheck-vulndb SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP6, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.6 +1 more 0.0.20241030T212825-150000.1.9.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:3911-1

  • govulncheck-vulndb Package Hub 12 0.0.20241104T154416-5.1
  • govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.0.20241030T212825-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:0350-1openSUSE-SU-2024:14447-1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
23 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
CNA 4.0 8.5 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:H/SI:L/SA:L
CNA 4.0 8.5 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:H/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
GitHub 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/rancher/rancher
>=2.9.0, <2.9.3
>=2.7.0, <2.8.9
all versions
2.9.3
2.8.9

Affected products

  • SUSE rancher

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

Sources

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