# CVE-2024-22032: Rancher's RKE1 Encryption Config kept in plain-text within cluster AppliedSpec

- Also known as: GO-2024-2932, GHSA-Q6C7-56CQ-G2WM
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- 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 an RKE1 cluster keeps constantly reconciling when secrets encryption configuration is enabled. When reconciling, the Kube API secret values are written in plaintext on the AppliedSpec. Cluster owners, Cluster members, and Project members (for projects within the cluster), all have RBAC permissions to view the cluster object from the apiserver.

## 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-2024-22032
- https://github.com/rancher/rancher/security/advisories/GHSA-q6c7-56cq-g2wm

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