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CVE-2021-25320

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-25320 is an Improper Access Control vulnerability in Rancher versions prior to 2.5.9 and 2.4.16. It allows authenticated users within a cluster to bypass access checks and make requests to cloud providers using attached cloud credentials. This critical vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.9, indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity by a low-privileged attacker, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.4.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rancher:rancher:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.5.0, < 2.5.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rancher:rancher:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.9CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.1
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
53.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0083 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 1,124 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 1.0 Bluesky, 0.5 Mastodon, and 1.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/rancher/rancherFixed in: 2.4.16
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/rancher/rancherFixed in: 2.5.9

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-gqf8-rvrh-g7w6critical

Rancher cloud credentials can be used through proxy API by users without access

Mar 3, 2026

References

bugzilla.suse.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory