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title: "CVE-2023-32197: Rancher allows privilege escalation in Windows nodes due to Insecure Access Control Lists"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2023-32197/
description: "CVE-2023-32197 (github.com/rancher/rancher (Go)): A Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in SUSE rancher in RoleTemplateobjects when external=true is…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2025-04-16
date_modified: 2026-02-26
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2023-32197"
kev: false
cvss: 7.5
epss: 0.00625
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2023-32197: Rancher allows privilege escalation in Windows nodes due to Insecure Access Control Lists

**Signal:** Normal patch cycle. No exploitation signal; fix it in your next routine update if you are affected. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- No confirmed exploitation. It is not in CISA’s KEV catalog and CISA’s SSVC assessment records no known exploitation. That can change quickly after a public write-up; re-check if you are affected.
- EPSS 0.6% , percentile 49: FIRST’s model estimates a 0.6% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 49% of all scored CVEs (low). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Needs an account (high (admin)). Exposure depends on who can log in.
- Only applies if your dependency tree includes github.com/rancher/rancher (Go) >= 2.7.0, < 2.8.9, fixed in 2.8.9 ; github.com/rancher/rancher (Go) >= 2.9.0, < 2.9.3, fixed in 2.9.3 . Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

## What it is

A Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in SUSE rancher in RoleTemplateobjects when external=true is set can lead to privilege escalation in specific scenarios.This issue affects rancher: from 2.7.0 before 2.7.14, from 2.8.0 before 2.8.5.

## Affected packages

- Go `github.com/rancher/rancher` >= 2.7.0, < 2.8.9 → fixed: 2.8.9
- Go `github.com/rancher/rancher` >= 2.9.0, < 2.9.3 → fixed: 2.9.3

## Affected products (CVE record)

- SUSE rancher: 2.7.0 < 2.7.14, 2.8.0 < 2.8.5

## Severity

- suse CVSS 3.1: 6.6 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
- suse CVSS 4.0: 7.5 `CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`
- GitHub CVSS 4.0: 9.4 `CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation none , automatable no , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 0.62% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 49.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-7h8m-pvw3-5gh4](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7h8m-pvw3-5gh4)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2023-32197](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-32197)
- [NVD entry CVE-2023-32197](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32197)
- [bugzilla.suse.com](https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2023-32197)
- [github.com](https://github.com/rancher/rancher/security/advisories/GHSA-64jq-m7rq-768h)
- [github.com](https://github.com/rancher/rancher/security/advisories/GHSA-7h8m-pvw3-5gh4)

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