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CVE-2023-22649: Rancher 'Audit Log' leaks sensitive information

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-10-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-532

Description

A vulnerability has been identified which may lead to sensitive data being leaked into Rancher's audit logs. [Rancher Audit Logging](https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/how-to-guides/advanced-user-guides/enable-api-audit-log) is an opt-in feature, only deployments that have it enabled and have [AUDIT_LEVEL](https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/how-to-guides/advanced-user-guides/enable-api-audit-log#audit-log-levels) set to `1 or above` are impacted by this issue.

Affected products

• SUSE Rancher: from 2.6.0 before 2.6.14; from 2.7.0 before 2.7.10; from 2.8.0 before 2.8.2 — fixed in 2.6.14, 2.7.10, 2.8.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: SUSE Rancher 2.6.14, 2.7.10, 2.8.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2023-22649
• https://github.com/rancher/rancher/security/advisories/GHSA-xfj7-qf8w-2gcr

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