Bug 2227049

Summary: OpenStack: sudo privilege escalation vulnerability
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Avinash Hanwate <ahanwate>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: dhughes, eglynn, enothen, jjoyce, lhh, mburns, mgarciac, nobody, pgrist, rhos-maint, slinaber, smooney, tkajinam, ytale
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A flaw was found in /etc/sudoers in Red Hat OpenStack. As a result of this misconfiguration in the sudoers file, the application is allowed to run restricted commands with root privileges. This issue could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system. This flaw is related to an earlier CVE-2022-38060.
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Description Avinash Hanwate 2023-07-27 15:38:13 UTC
A privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified in certain components of the Red Hat OpenStack Platform, resulting from a misconfiguration in the sudoers policy. This misconfiguration in /etc/sudoers allows the application to execute restricted commands with root privileges. This CVE pertains to the Red Hat OpenStack Platform and shares similarities with CVE-2022-38060.

Comment 5 Avinash Hanwate 2023-08-28 12:14:40 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 2124758 ***