CVE-2012-3503
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 3% (pctl 87)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 3% — more likely to be exploited than 87% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-798 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2012-08-25 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| redhat | enterprise linux server |
| theforeman | katello |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1186.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1187.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50344
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55140
- https://github.com/Katello/katello/commit/7c256fef9d75029d0ffff58ff1dcda915056d3a3
- https://github.com/Katello/katello/pull/499
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1186.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1187.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50344
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55140
- https://github.com/Katello/katello/commit/7c256fef9d75029d0ffff58ff1dcda915056d3a3
- https://github.com/Katello/katello/pull/499
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