CVE-2022-45157

HIGH EPSS 35.0%

Published Nov 13, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago

8.5 CVSS 4.0

High

Published Nov 13, 2024 1y ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in the way that Rancher stores vSphere's CPI (Cloud Provider Interface) and CSI (Container Storage Interface) credentials used to deploy clusters through the vSphere cloud provider. This issue leads to the vSphere CPI and CSI passwords being stored in a plaintext object inside Rancher. This vulnerability is only applicable to users that deploy clusters in vSphere environments.

CVSS Details

Base Score

8.5

Exploitability

—

Impact

—

Vector string

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:H/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

User Interaction None

Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

35.0% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-522

References 2

bugzilla.suse.com https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2022-45157
github.com https://github.com/rancher/rancher/security/advisories/GHSA-xj7w-r753-vj8v

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.