SCA: security update for github.com/rancher/rancher (GHSA-g7j7-h4q8-8w2f)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 414965

Description

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

- A Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information vulnerability in SUSE Rancher allows authenticated Cluster
Owners, Cluster Members, Project Owners, Project Members and User Base to use the Kubernetes API to
retrieve plaintext version of sensitive data. This issue affects: SUSE Rancher Rancher versions prior to
2.5.16; Rancher versions prior to 2.6.7. (CVE-2021-36782)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g7j7-h4q8-8w2f

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 414965

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.66

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-36782

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.9

Temporal Score: 8.9

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/23/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/19/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-36782

cwe: CWE-312