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CVE-2023-3972 — A vulnerability was found in insights-client

A vulnerability was found in insights-client. This security issue occurs because of insecure file operations or unsafe handling of temporary files and directories that lead to local privilege escalation. Before the insights-client has been registered on the system by root, an unp

CVSS
7.8 HIGH
EPSS
1.00% (top 30.00%)
CWE
CWE-379
Published
2023-11-01T15:54:52.093Z
Last modified
2025-11-20T07:23:35.681Z
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 insights-client. This security issue occurs because of insecure file operations or unsafe handling of temporary files and directories that lead to local privilege escalation. Before the insights-client has been registered on the system by root, an unprivileged local user or attacker could create the /var/tmp/insights-client directory (owning the directory with read…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 70:3.1.9-1.el7_9
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 80:3.2.2-1.el8_8
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions0:3.2.3-1.el8_1
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support0:3.2.3-1.el8_2
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service0:3.2.3-1.el8_2
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions0:3.2.3-1.el8_2
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support0:3.2.3-1.el8_4
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service0:3.2.3-1.el8_4
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions0:3.2.3-1.el8_4
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support0:3.2.2-1.el8_6
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 90:3.2.2-1.el9_2
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support0:3.2.2-1.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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