CVE-2022-45157: high-severity vulnerability in SUSE rancher
Exposure of vSphere's CPI and CSI credentials in Rancher
Published
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.5epss 0.4%
exploitation probability
0.4%top 62% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:H/SI:L/SA:L
Affected products
SUSE · rancherRelated CVEs — SUSE rancher
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