SCA: security update for github.com/rancher/rancher (GHSA-6x34-89p7-95wg)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 438254

Description

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

- An Improper Authorization vulnerability in SUSE Rancher, allows any user who has permissions to
create/edit cluster role template bindings or project role template bindings (such as cluster-owner,
manage cluster members, project-owner and manage project members) to gain owner permission in another
project in the same cluster or in another project on a different downstream cluster. This issue affects:
SUSE Rancher Rancher versions prior to 2.6.7; Rancher versions prior to 2.5.16. (CVE-2022-31247)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6x34-89p7-95wg

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 438254

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/4/2026

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: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-31247

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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: 3/3/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/7/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-31247