# CVE-2021-25318: rancher: API group not properly specified when creating Kubernetes RBAC resources

- Also known as: GO-2024-2768, GHSA-F9XF-JQ4J-VQW4
- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.5.9, 2.4.16
- Published: 2021-07-15 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Rancher: from Rancher, fixed in 2.5.9
- Rancher: from Rancher, fixed in 2.4.16
- github.com/rancher/rancher (Go): from 2.0.0+incompatible
- github.com/rancher/rancher (Go): from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.4.16
- github.com/rancher/rancher (Go): from 2.5.0, fixed in 2.5.9

## Description

A Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in Rancher allows users in the cluster to modify resources they should not have access to. This issue affects: Rancher versions prior to 2.5.9 ; Rancher versions prior to 2.4.16.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Rancher, github.com/rancher/rancher, upgrade to a fixed version (2.5.9, 2.4.16) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1184913

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