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Katello uses hard coded credential

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 12, 2024

Package

bundler katello (RubyGems)

Affected versions

< 1.0.6
>= 1.1.0, < 1.1.7

Patched versions

1.0.6
1.1.7

Description

The installation script in Katello 1.0 and earlier does not properly generate the Application.config.secret_token value, which causes each default installation to have the same secret token, and allows remote attackers to authenticate to the CloudForms System Engine web interface as an arbitrary user by creating a cookie using the default secret_token.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 25, 2012
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Reviewed Apr 9, 2024
Last updated Apr 12, 2024

Severity

Critical

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

1.030%
(84th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2012-3503

GHSA ID

GHSA-5xv2-q475-rwrh

Source code

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