CVE-2024-52280 | Users can issue watch commands for arbitrary resources

A Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in SUSE rancher which allows users to watch resources they are not allowed to access, when they have at least some generic permissions on the type. This issue affects rancher: before 2175e09, before 6e30359, before c744f0b.

Published: 2025-04-11 Last update: 2026-04-15 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Deferred，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-52280 is rated Moderate Risk (45.7/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.20%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-52280

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-02-05 0.07% 0.20% +0.13%
2 2025-12-26 0.04% 0.07% +0.03%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-52280

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.7 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.1 4.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-52280

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2024-52280

GHSA-j5hq-5jcr-xwx7 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: go — github.com/rancher/steve's users can issue watch commands for arbitrary resources

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-52280

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2024-52280

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