Description
A Improper Access Control vulnerability in Rancher, allows users in the cluster to make request to cloud providers by creating requests with the cloud-credential ID. Rancher in this case would attach the requested credentials without further checks This issue affects: Rancher versions prior to 2.5.9; Rancher versions prior to 2.4.16.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rancher | Rancher | Rancher – < 2.5.9, Rancher – < 2.4.16 | 2.5.9 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260317T205859-150000.1.152.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:1042-1 |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/rancher/rancher | >= 2.2.0, < 2.4.16 | 2.4.16 | GHSA-gqf8-rvrh-g7w6 |
| Go | github.com/rancher/rancher | >= 2.5.0, < 2.5.9 | 2.5.9 | GHSA-gqf8-rvrh-g7w6 |
| Go | github.com/rancher/rancher | >= 2.2.0+incompatible | — | GO-2026-4589 |
Advisories 2
- openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Jul 31, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:1042-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 26, 2026