CVE-2022-3560

pesign: Local privilege escalation on pesign systemd service

Published Feb 2, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-42926 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.
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Mar 26, 2025, 6:27 PM
Reserved
Oct 17, 2022, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 2, 2023, 9:22 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:59 AM
Severity
Important
Public date
Jan 31, 2023, 3:00 PM