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🛡️ CVE-2022-0852 — convert2rhel

🟡 CVSS 5.5 — Medium ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-359 NVD
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Description

There is a flaw in convert2rhel. convert2rhel passes the Red Hat account password to subscription-manager via the command line, which could allow unauthorized users locally on the machine to view the password via the process command line via e.g. htop or ps. The specific impact varies upon the privileges of the Red Hat account in question, but it could affect the integrity, availability, and/or data confidentiality of other systems that are administered by that account. This occurs regardless of how the password is supplied to convert2rhel.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-0852 is classified as CWE-359: Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor. The product does not properly prevent a person's private, personal information from being accessed by actors who either (1) are not explicitly authorized to access the information or (2) do not have the implicit consent of the person about whom the…

Affected software

CVE-2022-0852 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • convert2rhel (fixed in 0.26)
  • enterprise-linux

Timeline and source

Published on 29 August 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

access.redhat.com
bugzilla.redhat.com
github.com
github.com
issues.redhat.com
access.redhat.com
bugzilla.redhat.com
github.com
github.com
issues.redhat.com

Other advisories for this package

convert2rhel has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-359: Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor) in other software:

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-359
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2022-08-29
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
convert2rhel — 0.26
enterprise-linux — —

References

Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2060129
Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory https://github.com/oamg/convert2rhel/pull/492
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2060129
Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory https://github.com/oamg/convert2rhel/pull/492

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