CVE-2021-25320
mediumpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.009 · 58 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A Improper Access Control vulnerability in Rancher, allows users in the cluster to make request to cloud providers by creating requests with the cloud-credential ID. Rancher in this case would attach the requested credentials without further checks This issue affects: Rancher versions prior to 2.5.9; Rancher versions prior to 2.4.16.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 4–9.9
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affected products (7)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-gqf8-rvrh-g7w6Rancher cloud credentials can be used through proxy API by users without access2026-03-03ghsa · osvUS
A vulnerability was discovered in Rancher 2.2.0 through the aforementioned patched versions, where cloud credentials weren't being properly validated through the Rancher API. Specifically through a proxy designed to communicate with cloud providers. Any Rancher user that was logged-in and aware of a cloud-credential ID that was valid for a given cloud provider, could call that cloud provider's API through the proxy API, and the cloud-credential would be attached. The exploit is limited to valid Rancher users. There is not a direct mitigation outside of upgrading to the patched Rancher versions.
- GO-2026-4589Rancher cloud credentials can be used through proxy API by users without access in github.com/rancher/rancher2026-03-10vendor · osvUS
Rancher cloud credentials can be used through proxy API by users without access in github.com/rancher/rancher. NOTE: The source advisory for this report contains additional versions that could not be automatically mapped to standard Go module versions. (If this is causing false-positive reports from vulnerability scanners, please suggest an edit to the report.) The additional affected modules and versions are: github.com/rancher/rancher before v2.4.16, from v2.5.0 before v2.5.9.
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references (6)
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- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185514cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25320cnnvd
- https://rancher.com/Patchcnnvd
- https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2021072313cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185514enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185514Issue TrackingThird Party Advisorynvd
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