A vulnerability has been identified within Rancher where a user with the ability to create a project, on a certain cluster, can create a project with the same name as an existing project in a different cluster. This results in the user gaining access to the other project in the different cluster, resulting in a privilege escalation. This happens because the namespace used on the local cluster to store related resources (PRTBs and secrets) is the name of the project.
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-8h6m-wv39-239m Rancher users who can create Projects can gain access to arbitrary projects
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History

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability has been identified within Rancher where a user with the ability to create a project, on a certain cluster, can create a project with the same name as an existing project in a different cluster. This results in the user gaining access to the other project in the different cluster, resulting in a privilege escalation. This happens because the namespace used on the local cluster to store related resources (PRTBs and secrets) is the name of the project.
Title Rancher users who can create Projects can gain access to arbitrary projects
Weaknesses CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: suse

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-15T14:20:55.251Z

Reserved: 2024-01-04T12:38:34.023Z

Link: CVE-2024-22031

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-15T09:17:14.023

Modified: 2026-10-15T09:17:14.023

Link: CVE-2024-22031

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