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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.6

CVE-2023-32196 json

Rancher's External RoleTemplates can lead to privilege escalation

published 2024-06-17 2 y ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also CVE-2023-32197 , GHSA-64jq-m7rq-768h , GHSA-7h8m-pvw3-5gh4 , GO-2024-2929 , GO-2024-3220 , EUVD-2024-1940

cvss
6.6
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability has been identified whereby privilege escalation checks are not properly enforced for RoleTemplateobjects when external=true, which in specific scenarios can lead to privilege escalation.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/rancher/rancher 2.7.14, 2.8.5, 2.8.9, 2.9.3
  • SUSE rancher 2.7.14, 2.8.5
  • rancher rancher 2.7.14, 2.8.5

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 4.0 7.5 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA 4.0 7.5 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/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:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 6.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/rancher/rancher
>=2.7.0, <2.8.9
>=2.9.0, <2.9.3
>=2.7.0, <2.7.14
>=2.8.0, <2.8.5
all versions
2.8.9
2.9.3
2.7.14
2.8.5

Affected products

  • SUSE rancher
  • rancher rancher

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

Sources

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