Privilege Escalation via Duplicate Project Names in Rancher
CVE-2024-22031 Published on October 15, 2026
Rancher users who can create Projects can gain access to arbitrary projects
A vulnerability has been identified within Rancher where a user with the ability to create a project, on a certain cluster, can create a project with the same name as an existing project in a different cluster. This results in the user gaining access to the other project in the different cluster, resulting in a privilege escalation. This happens because the namespace used on the local cluster to store related resources (PRTBs and secrets) is the name of the project.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-22031 can be exploited with network access, and requires small amount of 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.
Weakness Type
What is an AuthZ Vulnerability?
The software performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
CVE-2024-22031 has been classified to as an AuthZ vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-22031
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Affected Versions
SUSE rancher:- Version 2.8.0 and below 2.9.9 is affected.
- Version 2.10.0 and below 2.10.5 is affected.
- Version 2.11.0 and below 2.11.1 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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