9.1

CVE-2022-45157: Exposure of vSphere's CPI and CSI credentials in Rancher

Deferred
AliasesGHSA-xj7w-r753-vj8vGO-2024-3223CGA-24g9-xj46-6jj9
Published 13-11-2024Last modified 13-11-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-45157 is a critical (CVSS 9.1) Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in suse rancher. EPSS estimates a 0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 8.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
9.1/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.44%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 4
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:0350-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14447-1SUSE-SU-2024:3911-1CGA-76P7-95M3-CFMQ

Timeline

  1. 13-11-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 13-11-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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

7 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.44%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

38%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.44% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Chainguard4 products
  • harvester< 1.8.1-r1
  • harvester-fips< 1.8.1-r0
  • harvester-fips-webhook< 1.8.1-r0
  • harvester-webhook< 1.8.1-r1
Github.com/rancher1 product
  • rancher≥ 2.9.0, < 2.9.3 | ≥ 2.7.0, < 2.8.9 | All versions (No fix recorded)
Suse1 product
  • rancher≥ 2.9.0, < 2.9.3 | ≥ 2.7.0, < 2.8.9

3 vendors · 6 products

References

5 links