CVE-2022-45157

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

• v4.0•HIGH•Score: 8.5CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:H/SI:L/SA:L
• v4.0•HIGH•Score: 8.5CVSS: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
• v3.1•CRITICAL•Score: 9.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.10%• Percentile: 27%

Techniques & Countermeasures

• CWE-522•Insufficiently Protected Credentials

  The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.

Affected Systems

• github.com/rancher•rancher

  ≥ 2.9.0, < 2.9.3 | ≥ 2.7.0, < 2.8.9 | all

• suse•rancher

  ≥ 2.9.0, < 2.9.3 | ≥ 2.7.0, < 2.8.9

References (4)

• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2022-45157
• https://github.com/rancher/rancher/security/advisories/GHSA-xj7w-r753-vj8v
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45157
• https://github.com/rancher/rancher