Rancher RoleTemplate Priv Esc (external=true) <2.7.14, <2.8.5
CVE-2023-32197 Published on April 16, 2025

Rancher's External RoleTemplates can lead to privilege escalation
A Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in SUSE rancher in RoleTemplateobjects when external=true is set can lead to privilege escalation in specific scenarios.This issue affects rancher: from 2.7.0 before 2.7.14, from 2.8.0 before 2.8.5.

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Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2023-32197 can be exploited with network access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
HIGH
Privileges Required:
HIGH
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

Improper Privilege Management

The software does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.


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Affected Versions

SUSE rancher:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.02%
Percentile
4.99%

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