Description
A Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in SUSE rancher allows a Restricted Administrator to change the password of Administrators and take over their accounts.
This issue affects rancher: from 2.8.0 before 2.8.14, from 2.9.0 before 2.9.8, from 2.10.0 before 2.10.4.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUSE | rancher | 2.8.0 – < 2.8.14, 2.9.0 – < 2.9.8, 2.10.0 – < 2.10.4 | 2.8.14 |
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 Tumbleweed | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20250402T160203-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2025:14970-1 |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/rancher/rancher | >= 2.8.0, < 2.8.14 | 2.8.14 | GHSA-8p83-cpfg-fj3g |
| Go | github.com/rancher/rancher | >= 2.9.0, < 2.9.8 | 2.9.8 | GHSA-8p83-cpfg-fj3g |
| Go | github.com/rancher/rancher | >= 2.10.0, < 2.10.4 | 2.10.4 | GHSA-8p83-cpfg-fj3g |
| Go | github.com/rancher/rancher | all versions | — | GO-2025-3586 |
Advisories 2
- openSUSE-SU-2025:14970-1 govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20250402T160203-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- WID-SEC-2025-0665 Rancher: Schwachstelle ermöglicht ermöglicht Privilegieneskalation BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Mar 31, 2025