CVE-2012-3503
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8EPSS 3.0%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.8 (v3.1)
- Severity
- CRITICAL
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-798
- EPSS score
- 3.0% (87th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2022-2683)
- Published
- August 25, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-2683 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- redhat / enterprise linux server
- theforeman / katello
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1186.html(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1187.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50344(Broken Link)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55140(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://github.com/Katello/katello/commit/7c256fef9d75029d0ffff58ff1dcda915056d3a3(Patch)
- https://github.com/Katello/katello/pull/499(Issue Tracking)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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