SUSE Rancher 2.* Cleartext Credential Exposure via API (CVE-2021-36783)
CVE-2021-36783 Published on September 7, 2022
Rancher: Failure to properly sanitize credentials in cluster template answers
A Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in SUSE Rancher allows authenticated Cluster Owners, Cluster Members, Project Owners and Project Members to read credentials, passwords and API tokens that have been stored in cleartext and exposed via API endpoints. This issue affects: SUSE Rancher Rancher versions prior to 2.6.4; Rancher versions prior to 2.5.13.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2021-36783 can be exploited with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.
Weakness Type
Insufficiently Protected Credentials
The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.
Products Associated with CVE-2021-36783
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Affected Versions
SUSE Rancher:- Version Rancher and below 2.6.4 is affected.
- Version Rancher and below 2.5.13 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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