{"cve":"CVE-2022-45157","nvd":{"published":"2024-11-13T14:15:14.990","modified":"2026-06-17T05:09:29.793","status":"Deferred","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.","cvss_v4":{"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","score":8.5},"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L","score":9.1},"cwes":["CWE-522"],"references":["https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2022-45157","https://github.com/rancher/rancher/security/advisories/GHSA-xj7w-r753-vj8v"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:57:07.693694550+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-45157","score":0.00439,"percentile":0.38157,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-xj7w-r753-vj8v","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-xj7w-r753-vj8v","summary":"Exposure of vSphere's CPI and CSI credentials in Rancher","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:20.194059033Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/rancher/rancher","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/rancher/rancher","ranges":[">=2.9.0 <2.9.3"],"fixed":["2.9.3"]},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/rancher/rancher","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/rancher/rancher","ranges":[">=2.7.0 <2.8.9"],"fixed":["2.8.9"]}]},{"id":"GO-2024-3223","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2024-3223","summary":"Exposure of vSphere's CPI and CSI credentials in Rancher in github.com/rancher/rancher","modified":"2026-07-02T14:44:23.093418801Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/rancher/rancher","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/rancher/rancher","ranges":["all versions"],"fixed":[]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}