CVE-2022-43757
highpriority · track · 35OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.006 · 46 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information vulnerability in SUSE Rancher allows users on managed clusters to gain access to credentials. The impact depends on the credentials exposed This issue affects: SUSE Rancher Rancher versions prior to 2.5.17; Rancher versions prior to 2.6.10; Rancher versions prior to 2.7.1.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 8.1–9.9
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affected products (10)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2023-0197Rancher: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-01-24csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Rancher ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen, Informationen offenzulegen, seine Rechte zu erweitern und Code auszuführen.
- GHSA-cq4p-vp5q-4522Plaintext storage of sensitive data in Rancher API and cluster.management.cattle.io objects2023-01-25ghsa · osvUS
### Impact This issue affects Rancher versions from 2.5.0 up to and including 2.5.16, from 2.6.0 up to and including 2.6.9 and 2.7.0. It was discovered that the security advisory CVE-2021-36782 (GHSA-g7j7-h4q8-8w2f), previously released by Rancher, missed addressing some sensitive fields, secret tokens, encryption keys, and SSH keys that were still being stored in plaintext directly on Kubernetes objects like `Clusters`. The exposed credentials are visible in Rancher to authenticated `Cluster Owners`, `Cluster Members`, `Project Owners` and `Project Members` of that cluster on the endpoints: - `/v1/management.cattle.io.cluster` - `/v1/management.cattle.io.clustertemplaterevisions` The remaining sensitive fields are now stripped from `Clusters` and other objects and moved to a `Secret` before the object is stored. The `Secret` is retrieved when the credential is needed. For objects that existed before this security fix, a one-time migration happens on startup. The fields that have been addressed by this security fix are: - `Cluster.Spec.RancherKubernetesEngineConfig.Services.KubeAPI.SecretsEncryptionConfig.CustomConfig.Providers[].AESGCM.Keys[].Secret` - `Cluster.Spec.RancherKubernetesEngineConfig.Services.KubeAPI.SecretsEncryptionConfig.CustomConfig.Providers[].AESCBC.Keys[].Secret` - `Cluster.Spec.RancherKubernetesEngineConfig.Services.KubeAPI.SecretsEncryptionConfig.CustomConfig.Providers[].SecretboxConfiguration.Keys[].Secret` - `Cluster.Spec.RancherKubernetesEngineConfig.Services.Kubelet.ExtraEnv` when containing the `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY` environment variable - `Cluster.Spec.RancherKubernetesEngineConfig.BastionHost.SSHKey` - `Cluster.Spec.RancherKubernetesEngineConfig.PrivateRegistries[].ECRCredentialPlugin.AwsSecretAccessKey` - `Cluster.Spec.RancherKubernetesEngineConfig.PrivateRegistries[].ECRCredentialPlugin.AwsSessionToken` - `Cluster.Spec.RancherKubernetesEngineConfig.Network.AciNetworkProvider.ApicUserKey` - `Cluster.Spec.RancherKubernetesEngineConfig.Network.AciNetworkProvider.KafkaClientKey` - `Cluster.Spec.RancherKubernetesEngineConfig.Network.AciNetworkProvider.Token` **Important:** - For the exposure of credentials not related to Rancher, the final impact severity for confidentiality, integrity and availability is dependent on the permissions the leaked credentials have on their services. - It is recommended to review for potentially leaked credentials in this scenario and to change them if deemed necessary. ### Workarounds There is no direct mitigation besides updating Rancher to a patched version. ### Patches Patched versions include releases 2.5.17, 2.6.10, 2.7.1 and later versions. After upgrading to a patched version, it is important to check for the `ACISecretsMigrated` and `RKESecretsMigrated` conditions on `Clusters` and `ClusterTemplateRevisions` to confirm when secrets have been fully migrated off of those objects, and the objects scoped within them. ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Reach out to [SUSE Rancher Security team](https://github.com/rancher/rancher/security/policy) for security related inquiries. * Open an issue in [Rancher](https://github.com/rancher/rancher/issues/new/choose) repository. * Verify our [support matrix](https://www.suse.com/suse-rancher/support-matrix/all-supported-versions/) and [product support lifecycle](https://www.suse.com/lifecycle/).
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references (5)
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- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205295cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2022-43757/cnnvd
- https://github.com/rancher/rancher/security/advisories/GHSA-cq4p-vp5q-4522Patchcnnvd
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205295enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205295ExploitIssue Trackingnvd
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