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CVE-2023-3899 — A vulnerability was found in subscription-manager that allows local privilege es

A vulnerability was found in subscription-manager that allows local privilege escalation due to inadequate authorization. The D-Bus interface com.redhat.RHSM1 exposes a significant number of methods to all users that could change the state of the registration. By using the com.re

CVSS
7.8 HIGH
EPSS
3.00% (top 93.20%)
CWE
CWE-285
Published
2023-08-23T10:49:11.684Z
Last modified
2025-11-20T07:23:33.825Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

01What is this vulnerability?

A vulnerability was found in subscription-manager that allows local privilege escalation due to inadequate authorization. The D-Bus interface com.redhat.RHSM1 exposes a significant number of methods to all users that could change the state of the registration. By using the com.redhat.RHSM1.Config.SetAll() method, a low-privileged local user could tamper with the state of the registration, by…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 70:1.24.52-2.el7_9
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 80:1.28.36-3.el8_8
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 80:1.28.36-3.el8_8
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions0:1.25.17.1-2.el8_1
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support0:1.26.22-2.el8_2
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service0:1.26.22-2.el8_2
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions0:1.26.22-2.el8_2
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support0:1.28.13-7.el8_4
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service0:1.28.13-7.el8_4
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions0:1.28.13-7.el8_4
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support0:1.28.29.1-2.el8_6
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 90:1.29.33.1-2.el9_2
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support0:1.29.26.2-2.el9_0
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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