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CVE-2021-36784:
Rancher vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Improper Privilege Management vulnerability (CVE-2021-36784) was discovered in SUSE Rancher that allows users with the restricted-admin role to escalate to full admin privileges. This vulnerability affects SUSE Rancher versions prior to 2.5.13 and versions prior to 2.6.4. The vulnerability was disclosed on May 2, 2022 (NVD, CVE).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management) and received a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 7.2 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. Under CVSS v2.0, it received a Base Score of 6.5 (MEDIUM) with the vector (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P) (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability allows users with restricted-admin role to elevate their privileges to full administrative access, potentially giving them complete control over the Rancher management system (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in SUSE Rancher versions 2.5.13 and 2.6.4. Users are advised to upgrade to these or later versions to mitigate the vulnerability (SUSE Bug).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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