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title: "CVE-2025-23391: Rancher: Restricted Administrator can change Administrator's passwords"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2025-23391/
description: "CVE-2025-23391 (github.com/rancher/rancher (Go)): A Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in SUSE rancher allows a Restricted Administrator to change…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2025-04-11
date_modified: 2026-02-26
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2025-23391"
kev: false
cvss: 9.1
epss: 0.00465
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2025-23391: Rancher: Restricted Administrator can change Administrator's passwords

**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 0.5% , percentile 39: FIRST’s model estimates a 0.5% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 39% 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) >= 2.8.0, < 2.8.14, fixed in 2.8.14 ; github.com/rancher/rancher (Go) >= 2.9.0, < 2.9.8, fixed in 2.9.8 ; github.com/rancher/rancher (Go) >= 2.10.0, < 2.10.4, fixed in 2.10.4 . Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

## What it is

A Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in SUSE rancher allows a Restricted Administrator to change the password of Administrators and take over their accounts. This issue affects rancher: from 2.8.0 before 2.8.14, from 2.9.0 before 2.9.8, from 2.10.0 before 2.10.4.

## Affected packages

- Go `github.com/rancher/rancher` >= 2.8.0, < 2.8.14 → fixed: 2.8.14
- Go `github.com/rancher/rancher` >= 2.9.0, < 2.9.8 → fixed: 2.9.8
- Go `github.com/rancher/rancher` >= 2.10.0, < 2.10.4 → fixed: 2.10.4

## Affected products (CVE record)

- SUSE rancher: 2.8.0 < 2.8.14, 2.9.0 < 2.9.8, 2.10.0 < 2.10.4

## 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): 0.46% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 39.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-8p83-cpfg-fj3g](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8p83-cpfg-fj3g)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2025-23391](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-23391)
- [NVD entry CVE-2025-23391](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23391)
- [bugzilla.suse.com](https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-23391)
- [github.com](https://github.com/rancher/rancher/security/advisories/GHSA-8p83-cpfg-fj3g)

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