What is CVE-2021-32001?

CVE-2021-32001 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SUSE Rancher, classified under Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-07-28.

How severe is CVE-2021-32001?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in SUSE Rancher

CVE-2021-32001

K3s in SUSE Rancher allows any user with direct access to the datastore, or a copy of a datastore backup, to extract the cluster's confidential keying material (cluster certificate authority private keys, secrets encryption configuration passphrase, etc.) and decrypt it, without having to know the token value. This issue affects: SUSE Rancher K3s version v1.19.12+k3s1, v1.20.8+k3s1, v1.21.2+k3s1 and prior versions; RKE2 version v1.19.12+rke2r1, v1.20.8+rke2r1, v1.21.2+rke2r1 and prior versions.

EPSS: 0.003 (22.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Suse Rancher — versions K3s, RKE2
Suse Rancher_k3s — versions 1.19.12, 1.20.8, 1.21.2
Suse Rancher_rke2 — versions 1.19.12, 1.20.8, 1.21.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-311 — Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

References

meissner@suse.de (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-32001?: CVE-2021-32001 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SUSE Rancher, classified under Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-07-28.
How severe is CVE-2021-32001?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.