Medium severity · published Oct 16, 2024
CVE-2023-32196
Rancher's External RoleTemplates can lead to privilege escalation
6.6
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability has been identified whereby privilege escalation checks are not properly enforced for RoleTemplateobjects when external=true, which in specific scenarios can lead to privilege escalation.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 46% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RA
rancher · SUSE
2.7.0 before 2.7.14; 2.8.0 before 2.8.5 · source: vendor, CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32196
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-32196
bugzilla.suse.com
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2023-32196
github.com
https://github.com/rancher/rancher/security/advisories/GHSA-64jq-m7rq-768h
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