{"id":86043,"date":"2025-12-15T04:19:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T04:19:56","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T06:00:00","slug":"cve-2024-58260-critical-rancher-manager-vulnerability-allowing-user-access-denial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-58260-critical-rancher-manager-vulnerability-allowing-user-access-denial\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2024-58260: Critical Rancher Manager Vulnerability Allowing User Access Denial<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A critical vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-58260, has been discovered in Rancher Manager. This vulnerability allows users with update permissions on other User resources to cause denial of access for targeted accounts. The issue arises due to missing server-side validation on the `.username` field. Such a vulnerability poses a potential threat to the system&#8217;s security and data integrity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2024-58260<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical; CVSS Score: 7.6<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: Possible system compromise and data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3535708992\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Rancher Manager | All versions before the patch<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An attacker with update permissions on other User resources can exploit this vulnerability. The attacker fills the `.username` field with specially crafted entries, which due to the missing server-side validation, can cause denial of access for the specified user. This can potentially lead to unauthorized system access or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1668521756\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>An attacker might exploit the vulnerability with a malicious HTTP request similar to the following:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">PUT \/v3\/users\/{userId} HTTP\/1.1\nHost: rancher.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\n{\n&quot;username&quot;: &quot;targeted_username&quot;,\n&quot;accessMode&quot;: &quot;blocked&quot;\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this conceptual example, the attacker sends a PUT request to the user update endpoint with the targeted_username and sets the accessMode to &#8216;blocked&#8217;. As a result, the targeted user is denied access to their account.<br \/>\nNote: This is a conceptual example and may not directly apply to the vulnerable system. The actual exploit might differ based on the system configuration and the attacker&#8217;s approach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview A critical vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-58260, has been discovered in Rancher Manager. This vulnerability allows users with update permissions on other User resources to cause denial of access for targeted accounts. The issue arises due to missing server-side validation on the `.username` field. 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