// For flags

CVE-2022-43759

Rancher: Privilege escalation via promoted roles

Severity Score

8.8
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track*
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track*
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Total
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2022-10-26 CVE Reserved
  • 2023-02-07 CVE Published
  • 2025-03-25 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-25 First Exploit
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management
CAPEC
References (1)
URL Tag Source
URL Date SRC
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205293 2025-03-25
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Suse
Search vendor "Suse"
 Rancher
Search vendor "Suse" for product "Rancher"
 >= 2.5.0 < 2.5.17
Search vendor "Suse" for product "Rancher" and version " >= 2.5.0 < 2.5.17"
-
Affected
Suse
Search vendor "Suse"
 Rancher
Search vendor "Suse" for product "Rancher"
 >= 2.6.0 < 2.6.10
Search vendor "Suse" for product "Rancher" and version " >= 2.6.0 < 2.6.10"
-
Affected