CVE-2022-45157

Exposure of vSphere's CPI and CSI credentials in Rancher

Published Nov 13, 2024 CVSS 4.0 · 8.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-3170 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-xj7w-r753-vj8v Exposure of vSphere's CPI and CSI credentials in Rancher
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title Exposure of vSphere's CPI and CSI credentials in Rancher
Weaknesses CWE-522
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': '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'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
suse
Published
Updated
Nov 13, 2024, 2:39 PM
Reserved
Nov 11, 2022, 2:32 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Nov 13, 2024, 2:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 5:09 AM