CVE-2023-32197: Rancher's External RoleTemplates can lead to privilege escalation
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2023-32197 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in suse rancher. EPSS estimates a 0.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 4Timeline
- 16-04-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 26-02-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in SUSE rancher in RoleTemplateobjects when external=true is set can lead to privilege escalation in specific scenarios.This issue affects rancher: from 2.7.0 before 2.7.14, from 2.8.0 before 2.8.5.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 1 source · 2 versionsEPSS trend
Probability
0.63%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
50%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Increase +0.01 pp
From 0.61% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, administrative account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Suse1 product
- rancher≥ 2.7.0, < 2.7.14 | ≥ 2.8.0, < 2.8.5
1 vendor · 1 product