CVE-2022-0852
There is a flaw in convert2rhel. convert2rhel passes the Red Hat account password to subscription-manager via the command line, which could allow unauthorized users locally on the machine to view the password via the process command line via e.g. htop…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.37%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
There is a flaw in convert2rhel. convert2rhel passes the Red Hat account password to subscription-manager via the command line, which could allow unauthorized users locally on the machine to view the password via the process command line via e.g. htop or ps. The specific impact varies upon the privileges of the Red Hat account in question, but it could affect the integrity, availability, and/or data confidentiality of other systems that are administered by that account. This occurs regardless of how the password is supplied to convert2rhel.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.37% probability · 31th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-359, CWE-668
- Affected
- convert2rhel project/convert2rhel · redhat/enterprise linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0852Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2060129Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/oamg/convert2rhel/commit/8d72fb030ed31116fdb256b327d299337b000af4Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/oamg/convert2rhel/pull/492Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHELC-432Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0852Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2060129Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/oamg/convert2rhel/commit/8d72fb030ed31116fdb256b327d299337b000af4Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/oamg/convert2rhel/pull/492Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHELC-432Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.