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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.4

CVE-2020-10710 json

A flaw was found where the Plaintext Candlepin password is disclosed while updating Red Hat Satellite through the satellite-installer.

published 2022-08-16 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-3140

cvss
4.4
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 13%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found where the Plaintext Candlepin password is disclosed while updating Red Hat Satellite through the satellite-installer. This flaw allows an attacker with sufficiently high privileges, such as root, to retrieve the Candlepin plaintext password.

Patch / fix

  • theforeman foreman 1.24.1.22
  • pulp satellite capsule 6.7, satellite 6.7 2.21.0.2-1.el7sat
  • foreman satellite capsule 6.7, satellite 6.7 1.24.1.25-1.el7sat
  • satellite satellite capsule 6.7, satellite 6.7 6.7.3-1.el7sat
  • foreman-cli satellite 6.7 1.24.1.25-1.el7sat
  • foreman-ec2 satellite 6.7 1.24.1.25-1.el7sat
  • foreman-gce satellite 6.7 1.24.1.25-1.el7sat
  • pulp-server satellite capsule 6.7, satellite 6.7 2.21.0.2-1.el7sat
  • pulp-selinux satellite capsule 6.7, satellite 6.7 2.21.0.2-1.el7sat

red hat advisories RHBA-2020:3614

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2020-10710 updated cvss 5.3

foreman-installer: Candlepin plaintext password disclosure while Satellite update

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.7 pulp 2.21.0.2-1.el7sat, satellite 6.7.3-1.el7sat, foreman 1.24.1.25-1.el7sat, satellite-cli 6.7.3-1.el7sat, pulp-server 2.21.0.2-1.el7sat, foreman-cli 1.24.1.25-1.el7sat, +32 more Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.7 pulp 2.21.0.2-1.el7sat, satellite 6.7.3-1.el7sat, foreman 1.24.1.25-1.el7sat, pulp-server 2.21.0.2-1.el7sat, pulp-selinux 2.21.0.2-1.el7sat, satellite-common 6.7.3-1.el7sat, +17 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2020:3614

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Exploit prediction

0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • n/a foreman-installer

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.