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title: "CVE-2024-22036: Rancher Remote Code Execution via Cluster/Node Drivers"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2024-22036/
description: "CVE-2024-22036 (github.com/rancher/rancher (Go)): A vulnerability has been identified within Rancher where a cluster or node driver can be used to escape…"
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-2024-22036"
kev: false
cvss: 9.1
epss: 0.00805
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2024-22036: Rancher Remote Code Execution via Cluster/Node Drivers

**Signal:** Critical, preconditions apply. Severe if exploited, but exploitation needs conditions that may not apply to you. (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 0.8% , percentile 56: FIRST’s model estimates a 0.8% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of all scored CVEs (moderate). 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, < 2.7.16, fixed in 2.7.16 ; github.com/rancher/rancher (Go) >= 2.8.0, < 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 vulnerability has been identified within Rancher where a cluster or node driver can be used to escape the chroot jail and gain root access to the Rancher container itself. In production environments, further privilege escalation is possible based on living off the land within the Rancher container itself. For the test and development environments, based on a –privileged Docker container, it is possible to escape the Docker container and gain execution access on the host system. This issue affects rancher: from 2.7.0 before 2.7.16, from 2.8.0 before 2.8.9, from 2.9.0 before 2.9.3.

## Affected packages

- Go `github.com/rancher/rancher` >= 2.7.0, < 2.7.16 → fixed: 2.7.16
- Go `github.com/rancher/rancher` >= 2.8.0, < 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 < 2.7.16, 2.8.0 < 2.8.9, 2.9.0 < 2.9.3

## Severity

- suse CVSS 3.1: 9.1 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`
- GitHub CVSS 3.1: 9.1 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A: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): 0.80% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 56.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-h99m-6755-rgwc](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h99m-6755-rgwc)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2024-22036](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-22036)
- [NVD entry CVE-2024-22036](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-22036)
- [bugzilla.suse.com](https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2024-22036)
- [github.com](https://github.com/rancher/rancher/security/advisories/GHSA-h99m-6755-rgwc)

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