CVE-2022-31247 CRITICAL

CVE-2022-31247: Rancher: Downstream cluster privilege escalation through cluster and project role template binding (CRTB/PRTB)

Vendor Suse
Product Rancher
Weakness CWE-285
Published September 7, 2022
Last update September 16, 2024
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CVSS base score

9.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

An Improper Authorization vulnerability in SUSE Rancher, allows any user who has permissions to create/edit cluster role template bindings or project role template bindings (such as cluster-owner, manage cluster members, project-owner and manage project members) to gain owner permission in another project in the same cluster or in another project on a different downstream cluster. This issue affects: SUSE Rancher Rancher versions prior to 2.6.7; Rancher versions prior to 2.5.16.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 7, 2022 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated

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