CVE-2017-2663

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-07-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-270

Description

It was found that subscription-manager's DBus interface before 1.19.4 let unprivileged user access the com.redhat.RHSM1.Facts.GetFacts and com.redhat.RHSM1.Config.Set methods. An unprivileged local attacker could use these methods to gain access to private information, or launch a privilege escalation attack.

Affected products

Red Hat subscription-manager: before 1.19.4 — fixed in 1.19.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Red Hat subscription-manager 1.19.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97015
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2663
https://github.com/candlepin/subscription-manager/commit/2aa48ef65
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97015
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2663
https://github.com/candlepin/subscription-manager/commit/2aa48ef65

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