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CVE-2021-36784: Privilege escalation for users with create/update permissions in Global Roles
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2022-05-02 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-269
Description
A Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in SUSE Rancher allows users with the restricted-admin role to escalate to full admin. This issue affects: SUSE Rancher Rancher versions prior to 2.5.13; Rancher versions prior to 2.6.4.
Affected products
- SUSE Rancher: before 2.5.13; from 2.6.0 before 2.6.4 — fixed in 2.5.13, 2.6.4
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: SUSE Rancher 2.5.13, 2.6.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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