Medium severity · published Oct 2, 2025
CVE-2025-54468
Rancher sends sensitive information to external services through the `/meta/proxy` endpoint
4.7
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability has been identified within Rancher Manager whereby `Impersonate-Extra-*` headers are being sent to an external entity, for example `amazonaws.com`, via the `/meta/proxy` Rancher endpoint. These headers may contain identifiable and/or sensitive information e.g. email addresses.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 30% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RA
rancher · SUSE
2.12.0 before 2.12.2; 2.11.0 before 2.11.6; 2.10.0 before 2.10.10; 2.9.0 before 2.9.12 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54468
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-54468
bugzilla.suse.com
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-54468
github.com
https://github.com/rancher/rancher/security/advisories/GHSA-mjcp-rj3c-36fr
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