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CVE-2022-21953: Authenticated user can gain unauthorized shell pod and kubectl access in the local cluster

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-02-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

A Missing Authorization vulnerability in of SUSE Rancher allows authenticated user to create an unauthorized shell pod and kubectl access in the local cluster 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.

Affected products

• SUSE Rancher: from 2.5.0 before 2.5.17; from 2.6.0 before 2.6.10; from 2.7.0 before 2.7.1 — fixed in 2.5.17, 2.6.10, 2.7.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: SUSE Rancher 2.5.17, 2.6.10, 2.7.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1199731
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1199731

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