CVE-2023-32194: Rancher permissions on 'namespaces' in any API group grants 'edit' permissions on namespaces in 'core'
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2023-32194 is a high (CVSS 8.6) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in suse rancher. EPSS estimates a 0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 1Timeline
- 16-10-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 16-10-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A vulnerability has been identified when granting a create or * global role for a resource type of "namespaces"; no matter the API group, the subject will receive * permissions for core namespaces. This can lead to someone being capable of accessing, creating, updating, or deleting a namespace in the project.
CVSS metrics
7 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions- OSV · GoEcosystem advisory · calculated8.6HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated8.6HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- NVDNIST8.6HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/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
- OSV · GoEcosystem advisory · calculated7.2HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVDNIST7.2HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.42%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
35%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.42% on 22-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
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≥ 2.6.0, < 2.6.14 | ≥ 2.7.0, < 2.7.10 | ≥ 2.8.0, < 2.8.2 | All versions (No fix recorded)
Suse1 product
- rancher≥ 2.6.0, < 2.6.14 | ≥ 2.7.0, < 2.7.10 | ≥ 2.8.0, < 2.8.2
3 vendors · 6 products
References
8 links- github.com/rancher/rancherPACKAGE