Rancher 2.7
Rancher 2.7
The SUSE Rancher 2.7 reached end of service life on Nov 18, 2024 — SUSE no longer ships security patches or fixes for it. Our third-party support keeps it safe to run: 24/7 engineers manage issues, remediate vulnerabilities, and help you maintain compliance.
24/7 engineers own your Rancher 2.7 incidents end to end.
Mitigation and patch-around guidance when the vendor no longer ships fixes.
Controls evidence and documentation that keep auditors satisfied.
Specifications
- product
- rancher
- release
- 2.7
- product Label
- Rancher
- release Label
- 2.7
- codename
- lts
- latest Version
- 2.7.18
- release Date
- 2022-11-16
- maintained
- source Url
- https://endoflife.date/rancher
Lifecycle Dates
- End of Service Life
- Nov 18, 2024
- Last OEM Support
- May 15, 2024
OEM vs. 3rd Party Support
See how third-party support compares to the vendor contract for Rancher 2.7 — monitoring, break/fix, vulnerability work, operations and compliance, before and after EOSL.
| Feature | OEM Support | 3rd Party Support |
|---|---|---|
| Post-EOSL Support | ||
| Break/Fix Support | Until EOSL | |
| 24/7 Monitoring | ||
| Vulnerability Scanning & Remediation | ||
| Managed Operations | ||
| Procedure & Configuration Review | ||
| Compliance & Audit Documentation | Limited | |
| Discounted Migration to Other Platforms |
Why Choose 3rd Party Support for Rancher 2.7?
Vulnerability Remediation
Scanning, mitigation and patch-around guidance for Rancher 2.7 when the vendor no longer ships fixes.
Compliance Maintenance
Procedure review, controls evidence and the documentation auditors ask for — maintained continuously, not scrambled at audit time.
24/7 Expert Support
Engineers who know this release monitor, manage and fix issues around the clock — break/fix to managed operations.
Rancher 2.7 Support: Frequently Asked Questions
Is the SUSE Rancher 2.7 still supported?
SUSE ended support for the Rancher 2.7 on Nov 18, 2024 — no more patches or fixes from the vendor. Third-party support keeps it covered: our engineers manage issues, remediate vulnerabilities, and help you maintain compliance for as long as you run it.
When is the SUSE Rancher 2.7 end of service life (EOSL) date?
SUSE lists the end of service life for the Rancher 2.7 as Nov 18, 2024.
Can I keep using the Rancher 2.7 after its EOSL date?
Yes. EOSL means SUSE stops issuing patches and support — the software itself keeps running. Third-party support covers it from there: issue management, security vulnerability remediation, and the compliance documentation auditors ask for, for as long as you choose to run it.
How much does third-party support for the Rancher 2.7 cost?
Typically 40-70% below the OEM maintenance renewal price. Exact pricing depends on quantity, service level and location — request a quote and we respond within 24 hours.
Known Vulnerabilities Affecting Rancher 2.7
10 published CVEs affect the SUSE Rancher 2.7, including 10 rated critical or high severity. SUSE no longer ships security patches for this release — our engineers provide mitigation guidance, workarounds and hardening support.
| CVE | Severity | CVSS | Published | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2023-22647 | CRITICAL | 9.9 | Jun 1, 2023 | An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in SUSE Rancher allowed standard users to leverage their existing permissions to manipulate Kubernetes secrets in the local cluster, resulting in the secret being deleted, but their read-level permissions to the secret being preserved. When this operation was followed-up by other specially crafted commands, it could result in the user gaining access to tokens belonging to service accounts in the local cluster. This issue affects Rancher: from |
| CVE-2023-22651 | CRITICAL | 9.9 | May 4, 2023 | Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in SUSE Rancher allows Privilege Escalation. A failure in the update logic of Rancher's admission Webhook may lead to the misconfiguration of the Webhook. This component enforces validation rules and security checks before resources are admitted into the Kubernetes cluster. The issue only affects users that upgrade from 2.6.x or 2.7.x to 2.7.2. Users that did a fresh install of 2.7.2 (and did not follow an upgrade path) are not affected. |
| CVE-2022-43757 | CRITICAL | 9.9 | Feb 7, 2023 | A Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information vulnerability in SUSE Rancher allows users on managed clusters to gain access to credentials. The impact depends on the credentials exposed This issue affects: SUSE Rancher Rancher versions prior to 2.5.17; Rancher versions prior to 2.6.10; Rancher versions prior to 2.7.1. |
| CVE-2020-10676 | HIGH | 8.8 | Dec 12, 2023 | In Rancher 2.x before 2.6.13 and 2.7.x before 2.7.4, an incorrectly applied authorization check allows users who have certain access to a namespace to move that namespace to a different project. |
| CVE-2023-22649 | HIGH | 8.4 | Oct 16, 2024 | A vulnerability has been identified which may lead to sensitive data being leaked into Rancher's audit logs. [Rancher Audit Logging](https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/how-to-guides/advanced-user-guides/enable-api-audit-log) is an opt-in feature, only deployments that have it enabled and have [AUDIT_LEVEL](https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/how-to-guides/advanced-user-guides/enable-api-audit-log#audit-log-levels) set to `1 or above` are impacted by this issue. |
| CVE-2022-43760 | HIGH | 8.4 | Jun 1, 2023 | An Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in SUSE Rancher allows users in some higher-privileged groups to to inject code that is executed within another user's browser, allowing the attacker to steal sensitive information, manipulate web content, or perform other malicious activities on behalf of the victims. This could result in a user with write access to the affected areas being able to act on behalf of an administrator, once a |
| CVE-2023-22648 | HIGH | 8.0 | Jun 1, 2023 | 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 befo |
| CVE-2022-43758 | HIGH | 7.6 | Feb 7, 2023 | A Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in SUSE Rancher allows code execution for user with the ability to add an untrusted Helm catalog or modifying the URL configuration used to download KDM (only admin users by default) This issue affects: SUSE Rancher Rancher versions prior to 2.5.17; Rancher versions prior to 2.6.10; Rancher versions prior to 2.7.1. |
| CVE-2022-21953 | HIGH | 7.4 | Feb 7, 2023 | A Missing Authorization vulnerability in of SUSE Rancher allows authenticated user to create an unauthorized shell pod and kubectl access in the local cluster This issue affects: SUSE Rancher Rancher versions prior to 2.5.17; Rancher versions prior to 2.6.10; Rancher versions prior to 2.7.1. |
| CVE-2022-43755 | HIGH | 7.1 | Feb 7, 2023 | A Insufficient Entropy vulnerability in SUSE Rancher allows attackers that gained knowledge of the cattle-token to continue abusing this even after the token was renewed. This issue affects: SUSE Rancher Rancher versions prior to 2.6.10; Rancher versions prior to 2.7.1. |