CVE-2026-84828

medium

Description

A flaw was found in PCS (Pacemaker Configuration System). A local attacker with membership in the 'haclient' group can exploit the 'pcs host auth --token' command to read the contents of arbitrary files on the filesystem, provided the files are shorter than 256 bytes. The file contents are read with root privileges by the pcsd daemon and can be exfiltrated by the attacker through subsequent cluster node communication. This allows disclosure of sensitive data such as API keys, tokens, or configuration secrets that would otherwise be inaccessible to the attacker.

References

https://github.com/ClusterLabs/pcs/commit/9178b78d11baa70e700a5c0d9fc1c17f27d452fa

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2527320

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-84828

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-10

Updated: 2026-09-10

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium