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CVE-2023-32194

Rancher permissions on 'namespaces' in any API group grants 'edit' permissions on namespaces in 'core'

8.6 HighFix available

A vulnerability has been identified when granting a create or * global role for a resource type of "namespaces"; no matter the API group, the subject will receive * permissions for core namespaces. This can lead to someone being capable of accessing, creating, updating, or deleting a namespace in the project.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
High
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.42%Up 0.4 points since Oct 17, 2024
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 8.6

Rancher permissions on 'namespaces' in any API group grants 'edit' permissions on namespaces in 'core'

A vulnerability has been identified when granting a create or * global role for a resource type of "namespaces"; no matter the API group, the subject will receive * permissions for core namespaces. This can lead to someone being capable of accessing, creating, updating, or deleting a namespace in the project.

Record
CVE-2023-32194
CVSS 4.0
8.6 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS 3.1
7.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-269
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-0611 8.6

A vulnerability has been identified when granting a create or * global role for a resource type of "namespaces"; no matter the API group, the subject will receive * permissions for core namespaces. This can lead to someone being capable of accessing, creating, updating, or deleting a namespace in the project.

Record
EUVD-2024-0611
CVSS 4.0
8.6 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c85r-fwc7-45vc 8.6

Rancher permissions on 'namespaces' in any API group grants 'edit' permissions on namespaces in 'core'

Impact

A vulnerability has been identified when granting a create or * global role for a resource type of "namespaces"; no matter the API group, the subject will receive * permissions for core namespaces. This can lead to someone being capable of accessing, creating, updating, or deleting a namespace in the project. This includes reading or updating a namespace in the project so that it is available in other projects in which the user has the "manage-namespaces" permission or updating another namespace in which the user has normal "update" permissions to be moved into the project.

The expected behavior is to not be able to create, update, or delete a namespace in the project or move another namespace into the project since the user doesn't have any permissions on namespaces in the core API group.

Moving a namespace to another project could lead to leakage of secrets, in case the targeted project has secrets. And also can lead to the namespace being able to abuse the resource quotas of the targeted project.

Patches

Patched versions include releases 2.6.14, 2.7.10 and 2.8.2.

Workarounds

There is no direct mitigation besides updating Rancher to a patched version.

References

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

Record
GHSA-c85r-fwc7-45vc
CVSS 4.0
8.6 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS 3.1
7.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-269
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 8.6

A vulnerability has been identified when granting a create or * global role for a resource type of "namespaces"; no matter the API group, the subject will receive * permissions for core namespaces. This can lead to someone being capable of accessing, creating, updating, or deleting a namespace in the project.

Record
CVE-2023-32194
CVSS 4.0
8.6 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1
7.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-269
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 8.6

Rancher permissions on 'namespaces' in any API group grants 'edit' permissions on namespaces in 'core'

A vulnerability has been identified when granting a create or * global role for a resource type of "namespaces"; no matter the API group, the subject will receive * permissions for core namespaces. This can lead to someone being capable of accessing, creating, updating, or deleting a namespace in the project.

Record
CVE-2023-32194
CVSS 4.0
8.6 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness
CWE-269
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-c85r-fwc7-45vc 8.6

Rancher permissions on 'namespaces' in any API group grants 'edit' permissions on namespaces in 'core'

Impact

A vulnerability has been identified when granting a create or * global role for a resource type of "namespaces"; no matter the API group, the subject will receive * permissions for core namespaces. This can lead to someone being capable of accessing, creating, updating, or deleting a namespace in the project. This includes reading or updating a namespace in the project so that it is available in other projects in which the user has the "manage-namespaces" permission or updating another namespace in which the user has normal "update" permissions to be moved into the project.

The expected behavior is to not be able to create, update, or delete a namespace in the project or move another namespace into the project since the user doesn't have any permissions on namespaces in the core API group.

Moving a namespace to another project could lead to leakage of secrets, in case the targeted project has secrets. And also can lead to the namespace being able to abuse the resource quotas of the targeted project.

Patches

Patched versions include releases 2.6.14, 2.7.10 and 2.8.2.

Workarounds

There is no direct mitigation besides updating Rancher to a patched version.

References

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

Record
GHSA-c85r-fwc7-45vc
CVSS 4.0
8.6 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS 3.1
7.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-269
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGO-2024-2535 No score

Rancher permissions on 'namespaces' in any API group grants 'edit' permissions on namespaces in 'core' in github.com/rancher/rancher

Rancher permissions on 'namespaces' in any API group grants 'edit' permissions on namespaces in 'core' 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 from v2.6.0 before v2.6.14, from v2.7.0 before v2.7.10, from v2.8.0 before v2.8.2.

Record
GO-2024-2535
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
github.com/rancher/rancher
Go
2.6.0 up to 2.6.14
2.6.14
github.com/rancher/rancher
Go
2.7.0 up to 2.7.10
2.7.10
github.com/rancher/rancher
Go
2.8.0 up to 2.8.2
2.8.2
github.com/rancher/rancher
Go
All versions None known

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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In short

CVE-2023-32194 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.6) in Rancher, published February 8, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.42%, the 36th percentile. Fixed in github.com/rancher/rancher 2.6.14.

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