GHSA-2v2w-8v8c-wcm9 — high GitHub Advisory (CVE-2024-52281) in go/github.com/rancher/rancher

Description

Impact

A vulnerability has been identified within Rancher UI that allows a malicious actor to perform a Stored XSS attack through the cluster description field.

Please consult the associated MITRE ATT&CK - Technique - Drive-by Compromise for further information about this category of attack.

Patches

The fix introduces new changes in the directives responsible for sanitizing HTML code before rendering.

We replaced the v-tooltip directive with the v-clean-tooltip directive.

Patched versions include releases 2.9.4 and 2.10.0.

Workarounds

There are no workarounds for this issue. Users are recommended to upgrade, as soon as possible, to a version of /Rancher Manager which contains the fixes.

Credits

This issue was identified and reported by Bhavin Makwana from Workday’s Cyber Defence Team.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Reach out to the SUSE Rancher Security team for security related inquiries.
- Open an issue in the Rancher repository.
- Verify with our support matrix and product support lifecycle.

Basic information

Type: reviewed
Severity: high
Advisory on GitHub: Open advisory ↗
Repository advisory: Open repository advisory ↗
Source code: Browse source ↗
Published (advisory): 2025-01-14 22:03:33 UTC
Updated: 2025-04-16 14:30:35 UTC
GitHub reviewed: 2025-01-14 22:03:33 UTC
NVD published: 2025-04-16

Score	Percentile
0.01%	1.70%

CVSS Scores

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector
8.9	3.1	—	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L` 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:R) A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land. 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:H) They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt. Availability (A:L) Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.

Identifiers

Type	Value
GHSA	GHSA-2v2w-8v8c-wcm9 ↗
CVE	CVE-2024-52281 ↗

CWEs

CWE id	Name
CWE-79	Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Affected packages (1)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable range	First patched	Vulnerable functions
go	github.com/rancher/rancher	>= 2.9.0, < 2.9.4	2.9.4	—

Rancher UI has Stored Cross-site Scripting vulnerability