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SCA: security update for github.com/rancher/rancher (GHSA-gqf8-rvrh-g7w6)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 438396

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - A Improper Access Control vulnerability in Rancher, allows users in the cluster to make request to cloud
 providers by creating requests with the cloud-credential ID. Rancher in this case would attach the
 requested credentials without further checks This issue affects: Rancher versions prior to 2.5.9; Rancher
 versions prior to 2.4.16. (CVE-2021-25320)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gqf8-rvrh-g7w6

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 438396

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/5/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.39

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-25320

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.9

Temporal Score: 8.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/3/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/15/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-25320

cwe: CWE-284