SCA: security update for github.com/rancher/rancher (GHSA-xhg2-rvm8-w2jh)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 420521

Description

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

- Rancher 2 through 2.2.4 is vulnerable to a Cross-Site Websocket Hijacking attack that allows an exploiter
to gain access to clusters managed by Rancher. The attack requires a victim to be logged into a Rancher
server, and then to access a third-party site hosted by the exploiter. Once that is accomplished, the
exploiter is able to execute commands against the cluster's Kubernetes API with the permissions and
identity of the victim. (CVE-2019-13209)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xhg2-rvm8-w2jh

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 420521

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: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 8.69

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-13209

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-13209