CVE-2019-11202

CRITICAL

Rancher 2.0.0-2.0.13, 2.1.0-2.1.8, 2.2.0-2.2.1 - Unauthenticated Default Admin Account Recreation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered that affects the following versions of Rancher: v2.0.0 through v2.0.13, v2.1.0 through v2.1.8, and v2.2.0 through 2.2.1. When Rancher starts for the first time, it creates a default admin user with a well-known password. After initial setup, the Rancher administrator may choose to delete this default admin user. If Rancher is restarted, the default admin user will be recreated with the well-known default password. An attacker could exploit this by logging in with the default admin credentials. This can be mitigated by deactivating the default admin user rather than completing deleting them.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://forums.rancher.com/c/announcements
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://rancher.com/docs/rancher/v2.x/en/security/

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0043
EPSS Percentile 62.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-287
Status published
Products (2)
rancher/rancher 2.0.0Go
suse/rancher 2.0.0 - 2.0.13
Published Jul 30, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026