Is github.com/rancher/rancher affected by GHSA-hwm2-4ph6-w6m5?

Go github.com/rancher/rancher is affected in >=2.0.0+incompatible.

Is GHSA-hwm2-4ph6-w6m5 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is not available.

medium

GHSA-hwm2-4ph6-w6m5

Summary

Rancher's restricted PodSecurityPolicy does not prevent containers from running as a privileged user in github.com/rancher/rancher

Severity: medium
Also known as: GO-2026-4590
Published: 2026-03-10

References

https://github.com/rancher/rancher/security/advisories/GHSA-hwm2-4ph6-w6m5

Related advisories

CVE-2022-31247 — critical · Go/github.com/rancher/rancher
CVE-2021-36783 — critical · Go/github.com/rancher/rancher
CVE-2026-25705 — high · Go/github.com/rancher/rancher
CVE-2023-22648 — high · Go/github.com/rancher/rancher
CVE-2021-25320 — medium · Go/github.com/rancher/rancher
CVE-2022-21951 — medium · Go/github.com/rancher/rancher
CVE-2025-67601 — medium · Go/github.com/rancher/rancher

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Sources: CISA KEV (public domain), OSV.dev & GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY-4.0), FIRST EPSS, NVD/CWE (public domain). Served live from the Stateward advisory database.