Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 28, 2021· Updated Sep 16, 2024
K3s/RKE2 bootstrap data is encrypted with empty string if user does not supply a token
CVE-2021-32001
Description
K3s in SUSE Rancher allows any user with direct access to the datastore, or a copy of a datastore backup, to extract the cluster's confidential keying material (cluster certificate authority private keys, secrets encryption configuration passphrase, etc.) and decrypt it, without having to know the token value. This issue affects: SUSE Rancher K3s version v1.19.12+k3s1, v1.20.8+k3s1, v1.21.2+k3s1 and prior versions; RKE2 version v1.19.12+rke2r1, v1.20.8+rke2r1, v1.21.2+rke2r1 and prior versions.
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Affected products
4K3s: v1.19.12+k3s1, v1.20.8+k3s1, v1.21.2+k3s1 and prior; RKE2: v1.19.12+rke2r1, v1.20.8+rke2r1, v1.21.2+rke2r1 and prior+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: K3s: v1.19.12+k3s1, v1.20.8+k3s1, v1.21.2+k3s1 and prior; RKE2: v1.19.12+rke2r1, v1.20.8+rke2r1, v1.21.2+rke2r1 and prior
- (no CPE)range: RKE2
Patches
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