CVE-2023-32197 Rancher's External RoleTemplates can lead to privilege escalation
High 7.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-32197 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2023-32197 is a high-severity vulnerability in SUSE rancher, published on 16 Apr 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-32197 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: SUSE rancher. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32197/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32197/index.md)
Attackers can escalate privileges in Rancher when external RoleTemplates are enabled, requiring an upgrade to secure the platform.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-32197?
CVE-2023-32197 is a high-severity vulnerability in SUSE rancher, published on 16 Apr 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in SUSE rancher in RoleTemplateobjects when external=true is set can lead to privilege escalation in specific scenarios.This issue affects rancher: from 2.7.0 before 2.7.14, from 2.8.0 before 2.8.5.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-32197?
How do I fix CVE-2023-32197?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2023-32197 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-32197 in the wild and no public exploit code.