CVE-2024-52280 Users can issue watch commands for arbitrary resources
Attackers with generic permissions can watch unauthorized resources, leading to sensitive information disclosure in Rancher.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-52280?
CVE-2024-52280 is a high-severity vulnerability in SUSE rancher, published on 11 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in SUSE rancher which allows users to watch resources they are not allowed to access, when they have at least some generic permissions on the type. This issue affects rancher: before 2175e09, before 6e30359, before c744f0b.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-52280?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/rancher/steve.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
github.com/rancher/steve Go | All versions | 0.0.0-20241029132712-2175e090fe4b |
github.com/rancher/steve Go | All versions | 0.0.0-20241029132712-2175e090fe4b |
github.com/rancher/steve Go | All versions | 0.0.0-20241029132712-2175e090fe4b |
How do I fix CVE-2024-52280?
Upgrade github.com/rancher/steve to 0.0.0-20241029132712-2175e090fe4b or later.
Is CVE-2024-52280 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-52280 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j5hq-5jcr-xwx7, GO-2024-3281.