# CVE-2023-32199: Rancher user retains access to clusters despite Global Role removal

- Also known as: GO-2025-4073, GHSA-J4VR-PCMW-HX59
- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.0.0-20251014212116-7faa74a968c2
- Published: 2025-10-29 · Updated: 2025-10-29

## Affected

- github.com/rancher/rancher: fixed in 0.0.0-20251014212116-7faa74a968c2
- github.com/rancher/rancher (Go): fixed in 0.0.0-20251014212116-7faa74a968c2

## Description

A vulnerability has been identified within Rancher Manager, where after removing a custom GlobalRole that gives administrative access or the corresponding binding, the user still retains access to clusters. This only affects custom Global Roles that have a * on * in * rule for resources or have a * on * rule for non-resource URLs

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on github.com/rancher/rancher, upgrade to a fixed version (0.0.0-20251014212116-7faa74a968c2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2023-32199
- https://github.com/rancher/rancher/security/advisories/GHSA-j4vr-pcmw-hx59

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