CVE-2022-0851

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 29, 2022 at 02:03 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:21 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsEnterprise LinuxCONVERT2RHEL

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

There is a flaw in convert2rhel. When the --activationkey option is used with convert2rhel, the activation key is subsequently passed to subscription-manager via the command line, which could allow unauthorized users locally on the machine to view the activation key via the process command line via e.g. htop or ps. The specific impact varies upon the subscription, but generally this would allow an attacker to register systems purchased by the victim until discovered; a form of fraud. This could occur regardless of how the activation key is supplied to convert2rhel because it involves how convert2rhel provides it to subscription-manager.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2060217

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200NVD-CWE-noinfo

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