CVE-2022-1662 Information disclosure in convert2rhel

Medium 5.5 Published 14 Jul 2022 Updated 3 Aug 2024

Local attackers can view Red Hat Subscription Manager passwords in the process list when using an example Ansible playbook in convert2rhel.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2022-1662?

CVE-2022-1662 is a medium-severity vulnerability in convert2rhel, published on 14 Jul 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In convert2rhel, there's an ansible playbook named ansible/run-convert2rhel.yml which passes the Red Hat Subscription Manager user password via the CLI to convert2rhel. This could allow unauthorized local users to view the password via the process list while convert2rhel is running. However, this ansible playbook is only an example in the upstream repository and it is not shipped in officially supported versions of convert2rhel.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1662?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Convert2rhel Project Convert2rhel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-1662?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1662 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2022-1662 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1662 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-77gc-239h-cc4p.