CVE-2022-43759: Rancher: Privilege escalation via promoted roles

Published Feb 7, 2023
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Updated

A Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in SUSE Rancher, allows users with access to the escalate verb on PRTBs to escalate permissions for any -promoted resource in any cluster. This issue affects: SUSE Rancher Rancher versions prior to 2.5.17; Rancher versions prior to 2.6.10.

Affected Software

2 affected components
SUSE rancher>=2.5.0<2.5.17
SUSE rancher>=2.6.0<2.6.10

Event History

Feb 7, 2023
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID of this issue?

The vulnerability ID of this issue is CVE-2022-43759.

2

What is the severity of CVE-2022-43759?

The severity of CVE-2022-43759 is high with a severity value of 8.8.

3

Which software versions are affected by CVE-2022-43759?

CVE-2022-43759 affects SUSE Rancher versions prior to 2.5.17 and Rancher versions prior to 2.6.10.

4

What is the CWE of CVE-2022-43759?

The CWE of CVE-2022-43759 is 269.

5

How can I fix CVE-2022-43759?

To fix CVE-2022-43759, update SUSE Rancher to version 2.5.17 or higher, and Rancher to version 2.6.10 or higher.

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