CVE-2021-36775
Deleting PRTBs associated to a group doesn't cause deletion of corresponding RoleBindings
a Improper Access Control vulnerability in SUSE Rancher allows users to keep privileges that should have been revoked. This issue affects: SUSE Rancher Rancher versions prior to 2.4.18; Rancher versions prior to 2.5.12; Rancher versions prior to 2.6.3.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Deleting PRTBs associated to a group doesn't cause deletion of corresponding RoleBindings
a Improper Access Control vulnerability in SUSE Rancher allows users to keep privileges that should have been revoked. This issue affects: SUSE Rancher Rancher versions prior to 2.4.18; Rancher versions prior to 2.5.12; Rancher versions prior to 2.6.3.
- Record
CVE-2021-36775- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-1057
a Improper Access Control vulnerability in SUSE Rancher allows users to keep privileges that should have been revoked. This issue affects: SUSE Rancher Rancher versions prior to 2.4.18; Rancher versions prior to 2.5.12; Rancher versions prior to 2.6.3.
- Record
EUVD-2024-1057- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-28g7-896h-695v
Rancher's Failure to delete orphaned role bindings does not revoke project level access from group based authentication
Impact
This vulnerability only affects customers using group based authentication in Rancher versions up to and including 2.4.17, 2.5.11 and 2.6.2.
When removing a Project Role associated to a group from a project, the bindings that grant access to cluster scoped resources for those subjects do not get deleted. This happens due to an incomplete authorization logic check. A user who is a member of an affected group with authenticated access to Rancher could use this to access resources they should no longer have access to. The exposure level will depend on the original permission level granted to the affected project role.
Patches
Patched versions include releases 2.4.18, 2.5.12, 2.6.3 and later versions.
Workarounds
Limit access in Rancher to trusted users. There is not a direct mitigation besides upgrading to the patched Rancher versions.
References
Cluster and project roles documentation for Rancher 2.6, 2.5 and 2.4.
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Reach out to SUSE Rancher Security team for security related inquiries.
- Open an issue in Rancher repository.
- Verify our support matrix and product support lifecycle.
- Record
GHSA-28g7-896h-695v- CVSS 4.0
- 8.6 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 8.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
a Improper Access Control vulnerability in SUSE Rancher allows users to keep privileges that should have been revoked. This issue affects: SUSE Rancher Rancher versions prior to 2.4.18; Rancher versions prior to 2.5.12; Rancher versions prior to 2.6.3.
- Record
CVE-2021-36775- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
a Improper Access Control vulnerability in SUSE Rancher allows users to keep privileges that should have been revoked. This issue affects: SUSE Rancher Rancher versions prior to 2.4.18; Rancher versions prior to 2.5.12; Rancher versions prior to 2.6.3.
- Record
CVE-2021-36775- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-28g7-896h-695v
Rancher's Failure to delete orphaned role bindings does not revoke project level access from group based authentication
Impact
This vulnerability only affects customers using group based authentication in Rancher versions up to and including 2.4.17, 2.5.11 and 2.6.2.
When removing a Project Role associated to a group from a project, the bindings that grant access to cluster scoped resources for those subjects do not get deleted. This happens due to an incomplete authorization logic check. A user who is a member of an affected group with authenticated access to Rancher could use this to access resources they should no longer have access to. The exposure level will depend on the original permission level granted to the affected project role.
Patches
Patched versions include releases 2.4.18, 2.5.12, 2.6.3 and later versions.
Workarounds
Limit access in Rancher to trusted users. There is not a direct mitigation besides upgrading to the patched Rancher versions.
References
Cluster and project roles documentation for Rancher 2.6, 2.5 and 2.4.
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Reach out to SUSE Rancher Security team for security related inquiries.
- Open an issue in Rancher repository.
- Verify our support matrix and product support lifecycle.
- Record
GHSA-28g7-896h-695v- CVSS 4.0
- 8.6 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 8.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGO-2024-2760 No score
Rancher's Failure to delete orphaned role bindings does not revoke project level access from group based authentication in github.com/rancher/rancher
Rancher's Failure to delete orphaned role bindings does not revoke project level access from group based authentication in github.com/rancher/rancher.
NOTE: The source advisory for this report contains additional versions that could not be automatically mapped to standard Go module versions.
(If this is causing false-positive reports from vulnerability scanners, please suggest an edit to the report.)
The additional affected modules and versions are: github.com/rancher/rancher before v2.4.18, from v2.5.0 before v2.5.12, from v2.6.0 before v2.6.3.
- Record
GO-2024-2760- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
github.com/rancher/rancherGo |
through 2.4.17 | 2.4.18 |
github.com/rancher/rancherGo |
2.5.0 to 2.5.11 | 2.5.12 |
github.com/rancher/rancherGo |
2.6.0 to 2.6.2 | 2.6.3 |
github.com/rancher/rancherGo |
before 2.4.18 | 2.4.18 |
github.com/rancher/rancherGo |
2.5.0 up to 2.5.12 | 2.5.12 |
github.com/rancher/rancherGo |
2.6.0 up to 2.6.3 | 2.6.3 |
github.com/rancher/rancherGo |
All versions | None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-36775 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Rancher, published April 1, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.97%, the 62nd percentile. Fixed in github.com/rancher/rancher 2.4.18.