Is CVE-2023-22648 actively exploited?

No active exploitation of CVE-2023-22648 has been confirmed so far. Continue monitoring, as exploit status can change.

Can CVE-2023-22648 be exploited remotely?

Yes. CVE-2023-22648 is exploitable remotely over the network (CVSS attack vector: Network).

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-22648?

CVE-2023-22648 has a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH).

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HIGH

CVE-2023-22648

CWE-271Published: June 1, 2023· Updated: Jun 17, 2026

8.8

CVSS v3.1

Official Description

A Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in SUSE Rancher causes permission changes in Azure AD not to be reflected to users

while they are logged in the Rancher UI. This would cause the users to

retain their previous permissions in Rancher, even if they change groups

on Azure AD, for example, to a lower privileged group, or are removed

from a group, thus retaining their access to Rancher instead of losing

it.

This issue affects Rancher: from >= 2.6.7 before < 2.6.13, from >= 2.7.0 before < 2.7.4.

NVD Source

Technical Analysis

CVE-2023-22648 can be exploited remotely over the network without requiring physical or adjacent access, significantly expanding the attack surface for threat actors.

Exploitation requires low privileges, which limits the exposure to scenarios where an attacker has already gained initial access.

A successful exploit results in complete confidentiality breach (data exposure), full integrity compromise (data manipulation), availability disruption (denial of service), with a CVSS base score of 8.8.