# CVE-2023-22650: Rancher does not automatically clean up a user deleted or disabled from the configured Authentication Provider

- Also known as: GO-2024-2931, GHSA-9GHH-MMCQ-8PHC
- 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.7.14, 2.8.5
- Published: 2024-10-16 · Updated: 2024-10-16

## Affected

- github.com/rancher/rancher: from 2.7.0, fixed in 2.7.14; from 2.8.0, fixed in 2.8.5
- github.com/rancher/rancher (Go): all versions
- github.com/rancher/rancher (Go): from 2.7.0, fixed in 2.7.14
- github.com/rancher/rancher (Go): from 2.8.0, fixed in 2.8.5

## Description

A vulnerability has been identified in which Rancher does not automatically clean up a user which has been deleted from the configured authentication provider (AP). This characteristic also applies to disabled or revoked users, Rancher will not reflect these modifications which may leave the user’s tokens still usable.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on github.com/rancher/rancher, upgrade to a fixed version (2.7.14, 2.8.5) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2023-22650
- https://github.com/rancher/rancher/security/advisories/GHSA-9ghh-mmcq-8phc

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