Rancher sends sensitive information to external services through the `/meta/proxy` endpointGHSA-mjcp-rj3c-36fr
MEDIUMGHSA-mjcp-rj3c-36fr is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.7) Information Exposure vulnerability in github.com/rancher/rancher. A fix is available for github.com/rancher/rancher — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
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EPSS Exploitation Probability
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Real-World Exposure
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Description
Impact
A vulnerability has been identified within Rancher Manager whereby Impersonate-Extra-* headers are being sent to an external entity, for example amazonaws.com, via the /meta/proxy Rancher endpoint. These headers may contain identifiable and/or sensitive information e.g. email addresses.
If the authentication provider is configured to have email or other sensitive and/or identifiable information as part of the username and principal ID then when a new cloud credential is being created in Rancher Manager this information is sent to an external entity such as amazonaws.com, in case of an AWS cloud credentials, in Impersonate-Extra-Username and/or Impersonate-Extra-Principalid headers. Please note that neither password, password hashes or Rancher’s related authentication tokens are leaked in those requests.
The entities to which such information is sent to are limited by the whitelisted domains specified in nodedrivers.management.cattle.io objects.
For example, the Amazon EC2 node driver contains the following whitelisted domains:
iam.amazonaws.comiam.us-gov.amazonaws.comiam.%.amazonaws.com.cniam.global.api.awsec2.%.amazonaws.comec2.%.amazonaws.com.cnec2.%.api.awseks.%.amazonaws.comeks.%.amazonaws.com.cneks.%.api.awskms.%.amazonaws.comkms.%.amazonaws.com.cnkms.%.api.aws
While the DigitalOcean driver contains the following whitelisted domain:
api.digitalocean.com
Patches
This vulnerability is addressed by filtering all Impersonate-* headers from the original request by the /meta/proxy endpoint.
Patched versions of Rancher include releases v2.12.2, v2.11.6, v2.10.10, and v2.9.12.
Workarounds
There are no known workarounds for this issue.
References
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Reach out to the SUSE Rancher Security team for security related inquiries.
- Open an issue in the Rancher repository.
- Verify with our support matrix and product support lifecycle.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐹Go | github.com/rancher/rancher | ≥ 2.12.0&&< 2.12.2 | 2.12.2go get github.com/rancher/rancher@v2.12.2 |
| 🐹Go | github.com/rancher/rancher | ≥ 2.11.0&&< 2.11.6 | 2.11.6go get github.com/rancher/rancher@v2.11.6 |
| 🐹Go | github.com/rancher/rancher | ≥ 2.10.0&&< 2.10.10 | 2.10.10go get github.com/rancher/rancher@v2.10.10 |
| 🐹Go | github.com/rancher/rancher | ≥ 2.9.0&&< 2.9.12 | 2.9.12go get github.com/rancher/rancher@v2.9.12 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for github.com/rancher/rancher, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update github.com/rancher/rancher to 2.12.2 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-mjcp-rj3c-36fr is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Assume what was exposed is already known: rotate any credential, token or key that the affected component could return, restrict the endpoint to callers that genuinely need it, and strip sensitive fields from responses and error output at the boundary rather than relying on the client not to read them.
Frequently Asked Questions
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