Vulnerability · Published Apr 16, 2025 · Assigned by suse
CVE-2024-22036Rancher Remote Code Execution via Cluster/Node Drivers
Critical 9.1
In plain English
A critical-severity privilege mismanagement in rancher from SUSE. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 57% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
A vulnerability has been identified within Rancher where a cluster or node driver can be used to escape the chroot jail and gain root access to the Rancher container itself. In production environments, further privilege escalation is possible based on living off the land within the Rancher container itself. For the test and development environments, based on a –privileged Docker container, it is possible to escape the Docker container and gain execution access on the host system. This issue affects rancher: from 2.7.0 before 2.7.16, from 2.8.0 before 2.8.9, from 2.9.0 before 2.9.3.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/rancher/rancher | 2.7.16 | GHSA-h99m-6755-rgwc |
| Go | github.com/rancher/rancher | 2.8.9 | GHSA-h99m-6755-rgwc |
| Go | github.com/rancher/rancher | 2.9.3 | GHSA-h99m-6755-rgwc |
| Go | github.com/rancher/rancher | no fix listed | GO-2024-3221 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H