Rancher's Azure AD permission changes are not reflected on active sessions
Published Jun 1, 2023 · Updated Nov 3, 2026
Original summary
Normalized public record · Updated Nov 3, 2026
Rancher's Azure AD permission changes are not reflected on active sessions
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QFinch assessment
A bug has been identified in which permission changes in Azure AD are not 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.
Potential impact
This issue only affects Rancher instances with Azure AD integration enabled, regardless of the automatically refreshing settings which are enabled by default. The users that obtained a token (or kubeconfig) to access Rancher through the following sessions are affected by this issue: 1) Users using the Rancher UI. 2) Users using kubectl based on a kubeconfig downloaded through the Rancher UI. 3) Tokens created via the Rancher UI Create API Key feature. Note that the permission caching is persisted even when the Rancher Manager pod is restarted. The only way for a user to get the new permissions is to logout and login again.
Evidence: public source recordsAffected products
| Affected package, product or range | Fix status |
|---|---|
| Consult the referenced vendor advisory for affected versions. | Consult source advisory |
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Remediation
Apply the vendor-supported fixed release or mitigation, then verify the affected component is no longer reachable.
- Confirm the affected product and reachable code path exist in your environment.
- Apply the vendor-supported patch or mitigation from the primary advisory.
- Rescan the exact deployed revision and retain verification evidence.
Evidence coverage
- SSVC priority
- MEDIUM
- Confidence
- Not available
- Aliases
- None reported
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Record history
Published Jun 1, 2023 · Last refreshed Nov 3, 2026