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CVE-2023-32189

Insecure handling SSH key in SUSE Manager when bootstrapping new clients

6.4 Medium

Insecure handling of ssh keys used to bootstrap clients allows local attackers to potentially gain access to the keys

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.15%Up 0.1 points since Oct 17, 2024
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.4

Insecure handling SSH key in SUSE Manager when bootstrapping new clients

Insecure handling of ssh keys used to bootstrap clients allows local attackers to potentially gain access to the keys

Record
CVE-2023-32189
CVSS 4.0
6.4 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CVSS 3.1
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-639
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-36454 6.4

Insecure handling of ssh keys used to bootstrap clients allows local attackers to potentially gain access to the keys

Record
EUVD-2023-36454
CVSS 4.0
6.4 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6hvm-8v29-cgp8 6.4

Insecure handling of ssh keys used to bootstrap clients allows local attackers to potentially...

Insecure handling of ssh keys used to bootstrap clients allows local attackers to potentially gain access to the keys

Record
GHSA-6hvm-8v29-cgp8
CVSS 4.0
6.4 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-639
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 6.4

Insecure handling of ssh keys used to bootstrap clients allows local attackers to potentially gain access to the keys

Record
CVE-2023-32189
CVSS 4.0
6.4 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-639
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2024:0485-1 No score

Security update for SUSE Manager Server 4.3

This update fixes the following issues:

cobbler:

  • Build the appendline correctly for RHEL-family <= 9 (bsc#1216437)
  • Notify to 'systemd' when cobblerd startup is finished (bsc#1215982)
  • Enable ppc64(le) buildiso support (bsc#1214077)

grafana-formula:

  • Version 0.10.0
    • Replace legacy message queue metrics with Salt queue metrics
    • Grafana formula should not be supported in a Proxy/Retail

inter-server-sync:

  • Version 0.3.2-1
    • Fix conflict in rhndistchannelmap (bsc#1216114)

jose4j:

  • CVE-2023-31582: Insecure Password-Based Encryption Iteration Count (bsc#1216609)

liberate-formula:

  • Version 0.1.0
    • Provide liberate-formula, a formula for converting a system to SUSE Liberty Linux

patterns-suse-manager:

  • Add liberate-formula to the required packages for the server to get it installed by default

prometheus-formula:

  • Version 0.8.0
    • Fix federation endpoint
    • Add remote write configuration
    • Add group filtering for service discovery relabeling configuration
  • Version 0.7.1
    • Fix PrometheusNotIngestingSamples false positive alerts (bsc#1216550)

prometheus-postgres_exporter:

  • Do not build debug if RHEL >= 8
  • Do not strip if SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3
  • Build at least with with Go >= 1.18 on RHEL
  • Build with Go >= 1.20 elsewhere

saltboot-formula:

  • Update to version 0.1.1701196218.b6b8ca1
    • Remove f-formating to be compatible with python < 3.6
    • Update packaging not to package salt directories
  • Update to version 0.1.1692188980.9aa0455

spacecmd:

  • Version 4.3.26-1
    • Update translation strings

spacewalk-backend:

  • Version 4.3.27-1
    • Fix issue in 'spacewalk-repo-sync' when RPM packages contains files with size greater than 4GB (bsc#1219151)
  • Version 4.3.26-1
    • Fix decompressing and renaming bzip2 comps files in reposync
    • Update query to the new credentials structure
    • Remove normalize_orphan_vendor_packages and move it to taskomatic (bsc#1216781)
    • Skip syncing packages with incorrect metadata (bsc#1213738)
    • Update translation strings

spacewalk-certs-tools:

  • version 4.3.22-1
    • Skip deploying the CA into the Salt directory on proxies (bsc#1219850)
  • Version 4.3.21-1
    • Deploy the CA certificate also into the Salt filesystem (bsc#1219577)
  • Version 4.3.20-1
    • Handle server keys in PKCS8 format in mgr-ssl-cert-setup (bsc#1218615)
    • Include reboot info beacon in the bootstrap script for transactional systems (bsc#1217588)

spacewalk-client-tools:

  • Version 4.3.18-1
    • Update translation strings

spacewalk-java:

  • Version 4.3.71-1
    • Generate server SSH key also when bootstrapping regular Minions (bsc#1219449)
  • Version 4.3.70-1
    • Fix the use of page size preference in systems and packages lists (bsc#1217209)
    • Fix issue with disabling token check not working (bsc#1218669)
    • Enforce snakeyaml version requirement (bsc#1215166)
    • Improve the performance of paginated queries when syncing the reporting database (bsc#1211912, bsc#1213079)
    • Do not require entitlement for Pay-as-you-go SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP (bsc#1217069)
    • Use the base product file to show the correct SUSE Manager product in the subscription matching results page
    • Do not require entitlements if SUSE Manager is Pay-as-you-go
    • Exclude SUSE Manager from subscription matching if it's Pay-as-you-go
    • Refactor Credentials to a proper class hierarchy
    • Fix unit test about duplicated packages
    • Prevent installation of packages with same name in a single action (bsc#1214791)
    • When canceling an action which has prerequisites, return hints to get the first action id which can be canceled (bsc#1216988)
    • Fix exception when removing a Debian package (bsc#1216781)
    • Fix XSS in taskomatic XML RPC handler (bsc#1210911)
    • Improve logging for Product Migration (bsc#1218490)
    • Add only 1 IP for Cloud RMT Host in /etc/hosts
    • Change org for orphan vendor packages that an admin can delete (bsc#1216781)
    • Expose the monitoring data for…
Record
SUSE-SU-2024:0485-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2024:0513-1 No score

Security update for SUSE Manager Server 4.3

This update fixes the following issues:

release-notes-susemanager:

  • Update to SUSE Manager 4.3.11
    • Migrate from RHEL and its clones to SUSE Liberty Linux
    • Reboot required indication for non-SUSE distributions
    • SSH key rotation for enhanced security
    • Configure remote command execution
    • End of Debian 10 support
    • CVEs fixed: CVE-2023-32189, CVE-2024-22231, CVE-2024-22232
    • Bugs mentioned:
      bsc#1170848, bsc#1210911, bsc#1211254, bsc#1211560, bsc#1211912 bsc#1213079, bsc#1213507, bsc#1213738, bsc#1213981, bsc#1214077 bsc#1214791, bsc#1215166, bsc#1215514, bsc#1215769, bsc#1215810 bsc#1215813, bsc#1215982, bsc#1216114, bsc#1216394, bsc#1216437 bsc#1216550, bsc#1216657, bsc#1216753, bsc#1216781, bsc#1216988 bsc#1217069, bsc#1217209, bsc#1217588, bsc#1217784, bsc#1217869 bsc#1218019, bsc#1218074, bsc#1218075, bsc#1218089, bsc#1218094 bsc#1218490, bsc#1218615, bsc#1218669, bsc#1218849, bsc#1219577 bsc#1219850, bsc#1218146
Record
SUSE-SU-2024:0513-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
mgr-daemon
SUSE:Manager Proxy Module 4.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 4.3.8-150400.3.12.5
4.3.8-150400.3.12.5
patterns-suse-manager
SUSE:Manager Proxy Module 4.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 4.3-150400.5.9.5
4.3-150400.5.9.5
spacecmd
SUSE:Manager Proxy Module 4.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 4.3.26-150400.3.33.5
4.3.26-150400.3.33.5
spacewalk-backend
SUSE:Manager Proxy Module 4.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 4.3.27-150400.3.38.2
4.3.27-150400.3.38.2
spacewalk-certs-tools
SUSE:Manager Proxy Module 4.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 4.3.22-150400.3.25.1
4.3.22-150400.3.25.1
spacewalk-client-tools
SUSE:Manager Proxy Module 4.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 4.3.18-150400.3.24.7
4.3.18-150400.3.24.7
spacewalk-web
SUSE:Manager Proxy Module 4.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 4.3.37-150400.3.39.7
4.3.37-150400.3.39.7
susemanager-build-keys
SUSE:Manager Proxy Module 4.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 15.4.10-150400.3.23.5
15.4.10-150400.3.23.5
cobbler
SUSE:Manager Server Module 4.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 3.3.3-150400.5.39.5
3.3.3-150400.5.39.5
grafana-formula
SUSE:Manager Server Module 4.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0.10.0-150400.3.15.5
0.10.0-150400.3.15.5
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
inter-server-sync
SUSE:Manager Server Module 4.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0.3.2-150400.3.27.5
0.3.2-150400.3.27.5
jose4j
SUSE:Manager Server Module 4.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0.5.1-150400.3.6.2
0.5.1-150400.3.6.2
liberate-formula
SUSE:Manager Server Module 4.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0.1.0-150400.10.3.3
0.1.0-150400.10.3.3
patterns-suse-manager
SUSE:Manager Server Module 4.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 4.3-150400.5.9.5
4.3-150400.5.9.5
prometheus-formula
SUSE:Manager Server Module 4.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0.8.0-150400.3.6.5
0.8.0-150400.3.6.5
prometheus-postgres_exporter
SUSE:Manager Server Module 4.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0.10.1-150400.3.9.5
0.10.1-150400.3.9.5
saltboot-formula
SUSE:Manager Server Module 4.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0.1.1701196218.b6b8ca1-150400.3.15.3
0.1.1701196218.b6b8ca1-150400.3.15.3
spacecmd
SUSE:Manager Server Module 4.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 4.3.26-150400.3.33.5
4.3.26-150400.3.33.5
spacewalk-backend
SUSE:Manager Server Module 4.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 4.3.27-150400.3.38.2
4.3.27-150400.3.38.2
spacewalk-certs-tools
SUSE:Manager Server Module 4.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 4.3.22-150400.3.25.1
4.3.22-150400.3.25.1
spacewalk-client-tools
SUSE:Manager Server Module 4.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 4.3.18-150400.3.24.7
4.3.18-150400.3.24.7
spacewalk-java
SUSE:Manager Server Module 4.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 4.3.71-150400.3.74.2
4.3.71-150400.3.74.2
spacewalk-setup
SUSE:Manager Server Module 4.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 4.3.19-150400.3.30.5
4.3.19-150400.3.30.5
spacewalk-utils
SUSE:Manager Server Module 4.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 4.3.19-150400.3.21.5
4.3.19-150400.3.21.5
spacewalk-web
SUSE:Manager Server Module 4.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 4.3.37-150400.3.39.7
4.3.37-150400.3.39.7
subscription-matcher
SUSE:Manager Server Module 4.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0.35-150400.3.19.5
0.35-150400.3.19.5
supportutils-plugin-susemanager
SUSE:Manager Server Module 4.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 4.3.10-150400.3.18.5
4.3.10-150400.3.18.5
susemanager
SUSE:Manager Server Module 4.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 4.3.34-150400.3.45.5
4.3.34-150400.3.45.5
susemanager-build-keys
SUSE:Manager Server Module 4.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 15.4.10-150400.3.23.5
15.4.10-150400.3.23.5
susemanager-docs_en
SUSE:Manager Server Module 4.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 4.3-150400.9.53.5
4.3-150400.9.53.5
susemanager-schema
SUSE:Manager Server Module 4.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 4.3.24-150400.3.36.7
4.3.24-150400.3.36.7
susemanager-sls
SUSE:Manager Server Module 4.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 4.3.40-150400.3.44.1
4.3.40-150400.3.44.1
susemanager-sync-data
SUSE:Manager Server Module 4.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 4.3.16-150400.3.22.2
4.3.16-150400.3.22.2
uyuni-reportdb-schema
SUSE:Manager Server Module 4.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 4.3.9-150400.3.12.7
4.3.9-150400.3.12.7
release-notes-susemanager-proxy
SUSE:Manager Proxy 4.3
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 4.3.11-150400.3.79.1
4.3.11-150400.3.79.1
release-notes-susemanager
SUSE:Manager Server 4.3
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 4.3.11-150400.3.100.1
4.3.11-150400.3.100.1

History

History
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In short

CVE-2023-32189 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in Suse Manager Server Module 4.3, published February 15, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.15%, the 3rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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