Vulnerability · Published Jul 28, 2022 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2022-2553

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity improper authentication in Booth. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.3% (higher than 71% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.3%top 29.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The authfile directive in the booth config file is ignored, preventing use of authentication in communications from node to node. As a result, nodes that do not have the correct authentication key are not prevented from communicating with other nodes in the cluster.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8booth1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_6.1ALSA-2022:6439
AlmaLinux:9booth1.0-251.3.bfb2f92.git.el9_0.1ALSA-2022:6580
AlmaLinux:8booth-arbitrator1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_6.1ALSA-2022:6439
AlmaLinux:9booth-arbitrator1.0-251.3.bfb2f92.git.el9_0.1ALSA-2022:6580
AlmaLinux:8booth-core1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_6.1ALSA-2022:6439
AlmaLinux:9booth-core1.0-251.3.bfb2f92.git.el9_0.1ALSA-2022:6580
AlmaLinux:8booth-site1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_6.1ALSA-2022:6439
AlmaLinux:9booth-site1.0-251.3.bfb2f92.git.el9_0.1ALSA-2022:6580
AlmaLinux:8booth-test1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_6.1ALSA-2022:6439
AlmaLinux:9booth-test1.0-251.3.bfb2f92.git.el9_0.1ALSA-2022:6580
Debian:12booth1.0-268-gdce51f9-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2553
Debian:13booth1.0-268-gdce51f9-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2553
Debian:14booth1.0-268-gdce51f9-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2553
Rocky Linux:8booth0:1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_6.1RLSA-2022:6439
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSbooth1.0-237-gdd88847-4ubuntu2.2USN-5556-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSbooth1.0-237-gdd88847-4ubuntu2.2UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2553
Ubuntu:25.10boothno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-2553

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a Booth Booth versions after v1.0-85-gda79b8b are vulnerable. Resolved in booth v1.0-263-g35bf0b7.

Weakness: CWE-287

References