{"cve":"CVE-2023-32191","nvd":{"published":"2024-10-16T13:15:12.067","modified":"2026-06-17T05:58:17.130","status":"Deferred","description":"When RKE provisions a cluster, it stores the cluster state in a configmap called `full-cluster-state` inside the `kube-system` namespace of the cluster itself. The information available in there allows non-admin users to escalate to admin.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.9},"cwes":["CWE-922"],"references":["https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2023-32191","https://github.com/rancher/rke/security/advisories/GHSA-6gr4-52w6-vmqx"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:55:31.737901711+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-32191","score":0.0066,"percentile":0.51559,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-6gr4-52w6-vmqx","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-6gr4-52w6-vmqx","summary":"rke's credentials are stored in the RKE1 Cluster state ConfigMap","modified":"2024-10-16T17:26:10Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/rancher/rke","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/rancher/rke","ranges":[">=1.4.18 <1.4.19"],"fixed":["1.4.19"]},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/rancher/rke","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/rancher/rke","ranges":[">=1.5.9 <1.5.10"],"fixed":["1.5.10"]}]},{"id":"GO-2024-2930","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2024-2930","summary":"RKE credentials are stored in the RKE1 Cluster state ConfigMap in github.com/rancher/rke","modified":"2024-07-01T20:29:06.526667Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/rancher/rke","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/rancher/rke","ranges":[">=1.4.18 <1.4.19",">=1.5.9 <1.5.10"],"fixed":["1.4.19","1.5.10"]}]}],"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."]}