A flaw was found in the Keylime registrar that could allow a bypass of the challenge-response protocol during agent registration. This issue may allow an attacker to impersonate an agent and hide the true status of a monitored machine if the fake agent is added to the verifier list by a legitimate user, resulting in a breach of the integrity of the registrar database.
This vulnerability carries a MEDIUM severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.5, indicating it requires adjacent network access with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts integrity (unauthorized modifications), for affected systems. Impacting 9 products from keylime, from redhat, from redhat and 6 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Reported in 2023, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.
2023-08-25T17:15:08.530
2024-11-21T08:13:04.463
Modified
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 (MEDIUM)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | keylime | keylime | < 7.5.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux | 9.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux_eus | 9.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems | 9.0_s390x | Yes |
| Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus | 9.2_s390x | Yes |
| Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian | 9.0_ppc64le | Yes |
| Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus | 9.2_ppc64le | Yes |
| Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux_server_aus | 9.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | fedoraproject | fedora | 38 | Yes |
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