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CVE-2021-36783

Rancher: Failure to properly sanitize credentials in cluster template answers

Published: Sep 7, 2022Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-522
9.9CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.6%
Top 53.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

A Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in SUSE Rancher allows authenticated Cluster Owners, Cluster Members, Project Owners and Project Members to read credentials, passwords and API tokens that have been stored in cleartext and exposed via API endpoints. This issue affects: SUSE Rancher Rancher versions prior to 2.6.4; Rancher versions prior to 2.5.13.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:CC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-522

Affected Products

SUSE
commercial·DE
RancherOn-prem
DevTools & CI / ci-cd
Go
package-ecosystem
github.com/rancher/rancher
OSS Libraries
Rancher Labs
commercialaka rke2, rke, rancher
RancherMixed
Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Credential Access
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References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1193990
bugzilla.suse.com
https://github.com/rancher/rancher/security/advisories/GHSA-8w87-58w6-hfv8
github.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36783
nvd.nist.gov
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