CVE-2024-22032: high-severity vulnerability in SUSE rancher
Rancher's RKE1 Encryption Config kept in plain-text within cluster AppliedSpec
Published
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.1epss 0.4%
exploitation probability
0.4%top 68% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
A vulnerability has been identified in which an RKE1 cluster keeps
constantly reconciling when secrets encryption configuration is enabled.
When reconciling, the Kube API secret values are written in plaintext
on the AppliedSpec. Cluster owners, Cluster members, and Project members
(for projects within the cluster), all have RBAC permissions to view
the cluster object from the apiserver.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
SUSE · rancherRelated CVEs — SUSE rancher
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