# CVE-2023-32191: rke's credentials are stored in the RKE1 Cluster state ConfigMap

- Also known as: GO-2024-2930, GHSA-6GR4-52W6-VMQX
- Severity: CVSS 9.9 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.4.19, 1.5.10
- Published: 2024-10-16 · Updated: 2024-10-16

## Affected

- github.com/rancher/rke: from 1.4.18, fixed in 1.4.19; from 1.5.9, fixed in 1.5.10
- github.com/rancher/rke (Go): from 1.4.18, fixed in 1.4.19; from 1.5.9, fixed in 1.5.10
- github.com/rancher/rke (Go): from 1.4.18, fixed in 1.4.19
- github.com/rancher/rke (Go): from 1.5.9, fixed in 1.5.10

## Description

When RKE provisions a cluster, it stores the cluster state in a configmap called `full-cluster-state` inside the `kube-system` namespace of the cluster itself. The information available in there allows non-admin users to escalate to admin.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on github.com/rancher/rke, upgrade to a fixed version (1.4.19, 1.5.10) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2023-32191
- https://github.com/rancher/rke/security/advisories/GHSA-6gr4-52w6-vmqx

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