9.9
CRITICAL
CVE-2023-22651
SUSE Rancher Role Escalation Vulnerability
Description

Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in SUSE Rancher allows Privilege Escalation. A failure in the update logic of Rancher's admission Webhook may lead to the misconfiguration of the Webhook. This component enforces validation rules and security checks before resources are admitted into the Kubernetes cluster. The issue only affects users that upgrade from 2.6.x or 2.7.x to 2.7.2. Users that did a fresh install of 2.7.2 (and did not follow an upgrade path) are not affected.

INFO

Published Date :

May 4, 2023, 8:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 7:45 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.0

Exploitability Score :

3.1
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-22651 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Suse rancher
1 Rancher rancher
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2023-22651.

URL Resource
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2023-22651 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/rancher/rancher/security/advisories/GHSA-6m9f-pj6w-w87g Mitigation Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2023-22651 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/rancher/rancher/security/advisories/GHSA-6m9f-pj6w-w87g Mitigation Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2023-22651 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • Cybersecurity News
CVE-2022-45157 (CVSS 9.1): Critical Security Flaw in Rancher Exposes vSphere Credentials in Plaintext

Image: SUSEThe SUSE Rancher Security team has recently issued a high-severity advisory, CVE-2022-45157, warning users of a critical vulnerability affecting Rancher’s handling of vSphere’s Cloud Provid ... Read more

Published Date: Oct 28, 2024 (1 month, 3 weeks ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-22651 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2023-22651
    Added Reference https://github.com/rancher/rancher/security/advisories/GHSA-6m9f-pj6w-w87g
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 10, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2023-22651 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2023-22651 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/rancher/rancher/security/advisories/GHSA-6m9f-pj6w-w87g No Types Assigned https://github.com/rancher/rancher/security/advisories/GHSA-6m9f-pj6w-w87g Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:suse:rancher:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.6.0 up to (including) 2.7.2
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.08 }} -0.01%

score

0.37961

percentile

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