Upstream information

CVE-2022-2735 at MITRE

Description

A vulnerability was found in the PCS project. This issue occurs due to incorrect permissions on a Unix socket used for internal communication between PCS daemons. A privilege escalation could happen by obtaining an authentication token for a hacluster user. With the "hacluster" token, this flaw allows an attacker to have complete control over the cluster managed by PCS.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.8
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
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List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Liberty Linux 8
  • pcs >= 0.10.12-6.el8_6.2
  • pcs-snmp >= 0.10.12-6.el8_6.2
 Patchnames:
RHSA-2022:6314
SUSE Liberty Linux 9
  • pcs >= 0.11.1-10.el9_0.2
  • pcs-snmp >= 0.11.1-10.el9_0.2
 Patchnames:
RHSA-2022:6313

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Sep 2 08:01:29 2022
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 19:35:03 2025