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Medium USN-7614-1 4 CVEs

pcs vulnerabilities

Published Jul 2, 2025 · Updated Jun 25, 2026

Summary

Cedric Buissart discovered that pcs did not correctly handle certain
parameters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive
information or elevate their privileges. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-1086)

Ondrej Mular discovered that pcs did not correctly handle Unix socket
permissions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to elevate their
privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-2735)

It was discovered that pcs did not correctly handle PAM authentication.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass authentication
mechanisms. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-1049)

It was discovered that pcs did not correctly handle the validation of
Node names. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute a
cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-2661)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS pcs 0.9.149-1ubuntu1.1+esm1
Ubuntu · Pro 20.04 LTS Pro:20.04:LTS pcs 0.10.4-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
Ubuntu · Pro 22.04 LTS Pro:22.04:LTS pcs 0.10.11-2ubuntu3+esm1

Vulnerabilities 4

  • Medium 4.3

    pcs before versions 0.9.164 and 0.10 is vulnerable to a debug parameter removal bypass. REST interface of the pcsd serv…

  • Unscored —

    ClusterLabs pcs before version 0.9.157 is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting vulnerability due to improper validation…

  • Unscored —

    A flaw was found in the Pacemaker configuration tool (pcs). The pcs daemon was allowing expired accounts, and accounts …

  • Unscored —

    A vulnerability was found in the PCS project. This issue occurs due to incorrect permissions on a Unix socket used for …

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2661
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1086
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1049
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2735