Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
Keylime deployments may have installed a configuration file containing sensitive data with permissions that allowed broad reading. The business risk is exposure of secrets stored in keylime.conf, not system takeover by itself. Source data identifies this as high severity due to confidentiality impact.
Executive priority
Treat this as a targeted confidentiality remediation for Keylime systems, not a broad emergency. Prioritize hosts where keylime.conf contains credentials, keys, or service secrets, then rotate exposed values after permissions and versions are corrected.
Technical view
CVE-2022-23952 is a CWE-200 information exposure in Keylime before 6.3.0. The installer created keylime.conf as world-readable even though it can contain sensitive values. The CVSS vector rates confidentiality high, with no integrity or availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely in environments running Keylime versions before 6.3.0, especially systems installed with the affected installer and containing secrets in keylime.conf. The bundled affected-version data is inconsistent, so confirm against the vendor advisory.
Exploitation context
The provided sources do not cite active exploitation, and the CVE is not marked KEV. Practical impact depends on what sensitive data is present in keylime.conf and whether unauthorized users or processes can read it.
Researcher notes
The key uncertainty is scope: the CVE text says before 6.3.0, while the bundled affected field lists 6.3.0. Use the GitHub advisory and fixing commit as the authoritative remediation context, and avoid claiming exploitation without additional evidence.
Mitigation direction
- Review the Keylime advisory for the supported fixed release guidance.
- Upgrade Keylime to 6.3.0 or later where applicable.
- Inspect keylime.conf permissions and restrict access per vendor guidance.
- Rotate any secrets that may have been exposed from keylime.conf.
- Document remediation status for affected Keylime hosts.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Keylime versions across managed hosts.
- Identify systems installed before the 6.3.0 fix.
- Check whether keylime.conf is world-readable.
- Review keylime.conf for sensitive values requiring rotation.
- Confirm permissions remain restricted after upgrades or reinstalls.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 7.5 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N3.93.6Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
7.5HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2022/q1/101CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/keylime/keylime/security/advisories/GHSA-fchm-5w2v-qfm8CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/keylime/keylime/commit/883085d6a4bcea3012729014d5b8e15ecd65fc7cCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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