# CVE-2023-32191

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2023-32191
- **Severity:** CRITICAL
- **CVSS Score:** 9.9 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
- **CWE:** CWE-922
- **Published:** Oct 16, 2024
- **Last Modified:** Mar 13, 2026

## Description

When RKE provisions a cluster, it stores the cluster state in a configmap called `full-cluster-state` inside the `kube-system` namespace of the cluster itself. The information available in there allows non-admin users to escalate to admin.

## Affected Products

- SUSE — rke (1.4.18)
- SUSE — rke (1.5.9)

## References

- [CNA](https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2023-32191)
- [CNA](https://github.com/rancher/rke/security/advisories/GHSA-6gr4-52w6-vmqx)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.14%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 35.0

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-18._