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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2022-2553 json

The authfile directive in the booth config file is ignored, preventing use of authentication in communications from node to node.

published 2022-07-28 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-34807

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • booth Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.0-268-gdce51f9-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2553

  • booth Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1.0-174-gce9f821-1ubuntu0.2
  • booth Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1.0-237-gdd88847-4ubuntu2.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2553

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  • booth RHEL 8 1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_6.1
  • booth-core RHEL 8 1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_6.1
  • booth-site RHEL 8 1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_6.1
  • booth-test RHEL 8 1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_6.1
  • booth-arbitrator RHEL 8 1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_6.1
  • booth RHEL 9 1.0-251.3.bfb2f92.git.el9_0.1
  • booth-core RHEL 9 1.0-251.3.bfb2f92.git.el9_0.1
  • booth-site RHEL 9 1.0-251.3.bfb2f92.git.el9_0.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2022:6439RHSA-2022:6250RHSA-2022:6580

  • booth SLE High Availability Extension 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 1.0+20210519.bfb2f92-150400.3.3.1
  • booth SLE High Availability Extension 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.3 1.0-150300.18.3.1
  • booth SLE High Availability Extension 15 1.0-150000.6.3.1
  • booth SLE High Availability Extension 15 SP2, SLE High Availability Extension 15 SP1 1.0-150100.11.3.1
  • booth SLE High Availability GEO Extension 12 SP5, SLE High Availability GEO Extension 12 SP4 1.0-42.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:2609-1SUSE-SU-2022:2608-1SUSE-SU-2022:2607-1SUSE-SU-2022:2606-1SUSE-SU-2022:2605-1

  • booth openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.0+20220724.dce51f9-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12315-1

  • booth AlmaLinux 9 1.0-251.3.bfb2f92.git.el9_0.1
  • booth-core AlmaLinux 9 1.0-251.3.bfb2f92.git.el9_0.1
  • booth-site AlmaLinux 9 1.0-251.3.bfb2f92.git.el9_0.1
  • booth-test AlmaLinux 9 1.0-251.3.bfb2f92.git.el9_0.1
  • booth-arbitrator AlmaLinux 9 1.0-251.3.bfb2f92.git.el9_0.1
  • booth AlmaLinux 8 1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_6.1
  • booth-core AlmaLinux 8 1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_6.1
  • booth-site AlmaLinux 8 1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_6.1

almalinux advisories ALSA-2022:6580ALSA-2022:6439

  • booth Rocky Linux 8 1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_6.1

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2022:6439

  • booth CBL-Mariner 2.0, Azure Linux 3.0 1.0-8

azure linux advisories AZL-25645AZL-36933

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-2553 updated cvss 6.5

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

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 booth, booth-core, booth-site, booth-test, booth-arbitrator
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability (v. 9) booth 1.0-251.3.bfb2f92.git.el9_0.1, booth-core 1.0-251.3.bfb2f92.git.el9_0.1, booth-site 1.0-251.3.bfb2f92.git.el9_0.1, booth-test 1.0-251.3.bfb2f92.git.el9_0.1, booth-arbitrator 1.0-251.3.bfb2f92.git.el9_0.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:6580
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HighAvailability (v. 8) booth 1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_6.1, booth-core 1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_6.1, booth-site 1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_6.1, booth-test 1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_6.1, booth-arbitrator 1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_6.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:6439
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HighAvailability EUS (v.8.4) booth 1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_4.1, booth-core 1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_4.1, booth-site 1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_4.1, booth-test 1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_4.1, booth-arbitrator 1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_4.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:6250
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage (v. 9) booth 1.0-251.3.bfb2f92.git.el9_0.1, booth-core 1.0-251.3.bfb2f92.git.el9_0.1, booth-site 1.0-251.3.bfb2f92.git.el9_0.1, booth-test 1.0-251.3.bfb2f92.git.el9_0.1, booth-arbitrator 1.0-251.3.bfb2f92.git.el9_0.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:6580
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ResilientStorage (v. 8) booth 1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_6.1, booth-core 1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_6.1, booth-site 1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_6.1, booth-test 1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_6.1, booth-arbitrator 1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_6.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:6439
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ResilientStorage EUS (v.8.4) booth 1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_4.1, booth-core 1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_4.1, booth-site 1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_4.1, booth-test 1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_4.1, booth-arbitrator 1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_4.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:6250

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Exploit prediction

1.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

  • n/a Booth

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.