A vulnerability exists in Rancher before 2.2.4 in the login component, where the errorMsg parameter can be tampered to display arbitrary content, filtering tags but not special characters or symbols. There's no other limitation of the message, allowing malicious users to lure legitimate users to visit phishing sites with scare tactics, e.g., displaying a "This version of Rancher is outdated, please visit https://malicious.rancher.site/upgrading" message.
CVE-2019-11881
Score 4.7 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 4.7; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 4.7
- EG Score
- 4.7(medium)
- EPSS
- 80.9%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 10, 2019
Last Modified
December 4, 2024
References (6)
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/MauroEldritch/VanCleef
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/rancher/rancher/blob/v2.2.4/pkg/auth/providers/saml/saml_client.go#L282
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/rancher/rancher/commit/e59adbc7565251919d84d6e353421104be8da06e
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/rancher/rancher/issues/20216
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/MauroEldritch/VanCleef
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/rancher/rancher/issues/20216
Patch Availability(1)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| go | github.com/rancher/rancher | — | ghsa |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| github.com/rancher/rancher | — | — | — |
Data Freshness Timeline
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Publicly available exploits
(1 reference)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- GitHub PoCMauroEldritch/VanCleefFirst seen May 24, 2019
Exploit for CVE-2019-11881 (Rancher 2.1.4 Web Parameter Tampering)
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