Description
A vulnerability has been identified in the way that Rancher stores vSphere's CPI (Cloud Provider Interface) and CSI (Container Storage Interface) credentials used to deploy clusters through the vSphere cloud provider. This issue leads to the vSphere CPI and CSI passwords being stored in a plaintext object inside Rancher. This vulnerability is only applicable to users that deploy clusters in vSphere environments.
Published: 2024-11-13
Score: 8.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-3170 A vulnerability has been identified in the way that Rancher stores vSphere's CPI (Cloud Provider Interface) and CSI (Container Storage Interface) credentials used to deploy clusters through the vSphere cloud provider. This issue leads to the vSphere CPI and CSI passwords being stored in a plaintext object inside Rancher. This vulnerability is only applicable to users that deploy clusters in vSphere environments.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-xj7w-r753-vj8v Exposure of vSphere's CPI and CSI credentials in Rancher
History

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 13 Nov 2024 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A vulnerability has been identified in the way that Rancher stores vSphere's CPI (Cloud Provider Interface) and CSI (Container Storage Interface) credentials used to deploy clusters through the vSphere cloud provider. This issue leads to the vSphere CPI and CSI passwords being stored in a plaintext object inside Rancher. This vulnerability is only applicable to users that deploy clusters in vSphere environments.
Title Exposure of vSphere's CPI and CSI credentials in Rancher
Weaknesses CWE-522
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:H/SI:L/SA:L'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: suse

Published:

Updated: 2024-11-13T14:39:15.785Z

Reserved: 2022-11-11T14:32:53.144Z

Link: CVE-2022-45157

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-11-13T14:38:55.796Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-11-13T14:15:14.990

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2022-45157

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-12T23:06:38Z

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