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CVE-2022-2553

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-2553 describes a vulnerability in ClusterLabs Booth and related Debian and Fedora packages where the 'authfile' directive in the configuration is ignored. This flaw allows unauthorized nodes to communicate within a cluster, bypassing intended authentication mechanisms. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), it is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to unauthorized information disclosure and modification. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clusterlabs:booth:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0116 is in the 42nd percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19496-16823Fixed in: 1.0-8
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 booth 1.0-8 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 1.0-8
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: booth-0:1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_6.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update SupportFixed in: booth-0:1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_4.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: booth-0:1.0-251.3.bfb2f92.git.el9_0.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

microsoft2022-Jul/CVE-2022-2553Moderate

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.

Jul 12, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-2553Moderate

booth: authfile directive in booth config file is completely ignored.

Jul 1, 2022

References

github.com / ClusterLabs/booth/commit/35bf0b7b048d715f671eb68974fb6b4af6528c67
PatchThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J4T4TTXAABVUCMPUL7XQ2PH5EYYOOQZY
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OHDOFX7NQFH3UGZZA3SGW5SVMDDHIUVD
debian.org / security/2022/dsa-5194
Third Party Advisory