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CVE-2017-7297

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7297 describes a critical vulnerability in Rancher Labs Rancher Server versions 1.2.0 and later, allowing authenticated users to disable access control through a simple API call. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploits or active exploitation have been observed, and community discussion is minimal, organizations using affected Rancher Server versions should prioritize upgrading to patched versions (1.2.4, 1.3.5, 1.4.3, or 1.5.3) to mitigate this significant risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.2.0, < 1.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:suse:rancher:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.3.0, < 1.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:suse:rancher:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.4.0, < 1.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:suse:rancher:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.5.0, < 1.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:suse:rancher:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0149 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 17,844 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/rancher/rancherFixed in: 1.5.3
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/rancher/rancherFixed in: 1.4.3
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/rancher/rancherFixed in: 1.3.5
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/rancher/rancherFixed in: 1.2.4

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-w3x4-9854-95x8high

Rancher Access Control Vulnerability

May 13, 2022

References

github.com / rancher/rancher/issues/8296
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/97180
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry