9.9

CVE-2021-36783: suse rancher Insufficiently Protected Credentials

CVSS: 9.9v3.1CriticalModified
AliasesGHSA-8w87-58w6-hfv8
Published 07-09-2022Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-36783 is a critical (CVSS 9.9) Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in suse rancher. EPSS estimates a 0.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.9/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.78%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 07-09-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.78%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

55%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.02 pp

From 0.76% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.78%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Github.com/rancher1 product
  • rancher≥ 2.5.0, < 2.5.13 | ≥ 2.6.0, < 2.6.4
Suse1 product
  • rancher≥ Rancher, < 2.6.4 | ≥ Rancher, < 2.5.13 | ≥ 2.5.0, < 2.5.13 | ≥ 2.6.0, < 2.6.4

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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