Write access to the Catalog for any user when restricted-admin role is enabled

published 2022-05-02 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-hx8w-ghh8-r4xf , EUVD-2022-4237

cvss: 5.4; 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 50%
public exploits: 0; none known

A Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in SUSE Rancher allows write access to the Catalog for any user when restricted-admin role is enabled. This issue affects: SUSE Rancher Rancher versions prior to 2.5.13; Rancher versions prior to 2.6.4.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

go github.com/rancher/rancher 2.5.13, 2.6.4
SUSE Rancher 2.5.13, 2.6.4

Exploit prediction

0.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
NVD	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
NVD	2.0	5.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
GitHub	3.1	8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
go	github.com/rancher/rancher	>=2.6.0, <2.6.4 >=2.5.0, <2.5.13	2.6.4 2.5.13

Affected products

SUSE Rancher

Classification

Weakness

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
CWE-285 Improper Authorization

References

bugzilla.suse.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1193992
web, issue-tracking, vendor-advisory
github.com /rancher/rancher/security/advisories/GHSA-hx8w-ghh8-r4xf
web
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4200
advisory
rancher.com /docs/rancher/v2.6/en/admin-settings/rbac/global-permissions/#restricted-admin
web

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-4200
GitHub Advisory GHSA-hx8w-ghh8-r4xf
NVD CVE-2021-4200

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Summary