Improper Authorization in HTCondor - CVE-2022-26110

Vulnerability identifier: #VU63554

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-26110

CWE-ID: CWE-285

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges.

The vulnerability exists due to improper authorization when a user authenticates to an HTCondor daemon via the CLAIMTOBE method. A remote user can impersonate any entity when issuing additional commands to that daemon and escalate privileges within the application.

HTCondor
condor (Debian package)

Install updates from vendor's website.

HTCondor - addressed in versions 8.8.16, 9.0.10, 9.6.0
condor (Debian package) - update to 8.6.8~dfsg.1-2+deb10u1

• https://research.cs.wisc.edu/htcondor/security/vulnerabilities/HTCONDOR-2022-0003/
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00016.html
• https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5144

• Authorization bypass in HTCondor
• Debian update for condor