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Description

A flaw was found in PCS (Pacemaker Configuration System). A local attacker with membership in the 'haclient' group can exploit the 'pcs host auth --token' command to read the contents of arbitrary files on the filesystem, provided the files are shorter than 256 bytes. The file contents are read with root privileges by the pcsd daemon and can be exfiltrated by the attacker through subsequent cluster node communication. This allows disclosure of sensitive data such as API keys, tokens, or configuration secrets that would otherwise be inaccessible to the attacker.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 — —
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 — —
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 — —
Red Hat Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 — —
Red Hat Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 — —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 pcs 0.12.3.1-1 —
Debian 13 pcs No fix yet —
Debian 12 pcs No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 pcs No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS pcs No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS pcs No fix yet —
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS pcs No fix yet —

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