High severity · published Feb 7, 2023
CVE-2022-43757
A Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information vulnerability in SUSE Rancher allows users on managed clusters to gain access to credentials
8.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 46% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RA
Rancher · Suse
2.5.0 before 2.5.17; 2.6.0 before 2.6.10; 2.7.0 before 2.7.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43757
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-43757
Exploit
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205295
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