Insufficiently protected credentials in SCS Library Client - CVE-2022-23538

 

Insufficiently protected credentials in SCS Library Client - CVE-2022-23538

Published: January 23, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU71422
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23538
CWE-ID: CWE-522
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficiently protected credentials when pulling container images. A remote administrator can obtain the HTTP Authorization header.


Affected software

SCS Library Client
Fedora
apptainer
singularity-ce

How to mitigate CVE-2022-23538

Install updates from vendor's website.

SCS Library Client - addressed in versions 1.3.4, 1.4.2
apptainer - addressed in versions 1.1.6-1.el7, 1.1.6-1.el8, 1.1.6-1.el9, 1.1.6-1.fc36, 1.1.6-1.fc37
singularity-ce - addressed in versions 3.10.5-1.el7, 3.10.5-1.el8, 3.10.5-1.el9

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