Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere in convert2rhel - CVE-2022-0851
Published: August 31, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU66893
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0851
CWE-ID: CWE-668
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: OS and Application Modernization Group
Affected software:
convert2rhel
convert2rhel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to the activation key is subsequently passed to subscription-manager via the command line when the --activationkey option is used with convert2rhel. A local user can view the list of running processes on the system and obtain the activation key.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-0851
Install updates from vendor's website.