CVE-2022-45157 CRITICAL

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

Vendor Suse
Product rancher
Weakness CWE-522 · Insufficiently protected credentials
Published November 13, 2024
Last update November 13, 2024
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CVSS base score

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

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 13, 2024 CVE published
November 13, 2024 Record updated