CVE-2022-0851

MEDIUM

convert2rhel - Exposure of Sensitive Information via Command Line Argument

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2060217
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0851

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 30.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (3)
convert2rhel_project/convert2rhel
redhat/enterprise_linux 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux 8.0
Published Aug 29, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026