CVE-2023-22651

Description

Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in SUSE Rancher allows Privilege Escalation. A failure in the update logic of Rancher's admission Webhook may lead to the misconfiguration of the Webhook. This component enforces validation rules and security checks before resources are admitted into the Kubernetes cluster. The issue only affects users that upgrade from 2.6.x or 2.7.x to 2.7.2. Users that did a fresh install of 2.7.2 (and did not follow an upgrade path) are not affected.

Categories

9.9
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.19%
Vendor Advisory suse.com
Affected: SUSE Rancher
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2023-22651 vendor advisory issue tracking
https://github.com/rancher/rancher/security/advisories/GHSA-6m9f-pj6w-w87g mitigation third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2023-22651?
CVE-2023-22651 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2023-22651?
To fix CVE-2023-22651, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2023-22651 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2023-22651 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2023-22651?
CVE-2023-22651 affects SUSE Rancher.
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