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CVE-2022-3560 json

A flaw was found in pesign.

published 3y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-42926

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 16%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in pesign. The pesign package provides a systemd service used to start the pesign daemon. This service unit runs a script to set ACLs for /etc/pki/pesign and /run/pesign directories to grant access privileges to users in the 'pesign' group. However, the script doesn't check for symbolic links. This could allow an attacker to gain access to privileged files and directories via a path traversal attack.

Patch / fix

  • pesign_project pesign 116
  • pesign Debian 14, Debian 13 116-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3560

  • pesign RHEL 8 0.112-27.el8_7
  • pesign RHEL 7 0.109-11.el7_9
  • pesign RHEL 9 115-6.el9_1
  • pesign RHEL 8.6 EUS 0.112-27.el8_6
  • pesign RHEL 8.1 E4S 0.112-25.el8_1.1
  • pesign RHEL 8.2 TUS, RHEL 8.2 E4S, RHEL 8.2 AUS 0.112-25.el8_2.1
  • pesign RHEL 8.4 EUS 0.112-25.el8_4.1
  • pesign RHEL 9.0 EUS 115-6.el9_0

red hat advisories RHSA-2023:1829RHSA-2023:1572RHSA-2023:1586RHSA-2023:1107RHSA-2023:1093RHSA-2023:1066

  • pesign SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES for SAP 15 SP1 +14 more 0.112-150000.4.15.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:0484-1

  • pesign openSUSE Tumbleweed 113-11.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12672-1

  • pesign AlmaLinux 8 0.112-27.el8_7
  • pesign AlmaLinux 9 115-6.el9_1

almalinux advisories ALSA-2023:1572ALSA-2023:1067

  • pesign Rocky Linux 8 0.112-27.el8_7
  • pesign Rocky Linux 9 115-6.el9_1.rocky.2

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2023:1572RLSA-2023:1067

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red hat product security vex CVE-2022-3560 updated cvss 7.8

pesign: Local privilege escalation on pesign systemd service

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) pesign 0.112-27.el8_7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:1572
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) pesign 115-6.el9_1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:1067
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) pesign 0.112-25.el8_2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:1107
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.1) pesign 0.112-25.el8_1.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:1586
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2) pesign 0.112-25.el8_2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:1107
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.4) pesign 0.112-25.el8_4.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:1066
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6) pesign 0.112-27.el8_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:1829
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.0) pesign 115-6.el9_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:1065
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v. 8.2) pesign 0.112-25.el8_2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:1107
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) pesign 0.109-11.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) pesign 0.109-11.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) pesign 0.109-11.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) pesign 0.109-11.el7_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:1093

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • n/a pesign

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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