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Fencer Vulns
low 2.7

CVE-2017-15136 json

When registering and activating a new system with Red Hat Satellite 6 if the new systems hostname is then reset to the hostname of a previo…

published 2018-02-27 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-6596

cvss
2.7
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 61%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

When registering and activating a new system with Red Hat Satellite 6 if the new systems hostname is then reset to the hostname of a previously registered system the previously registered system will lose access to updates including security updates.

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-2017-15136 updated cvss 3.1

katello: system registration hostname hijacking results in inability to access updates

  • Red Hat Satellite 6 katello, katello-common, katello-capsule, katello-service, foreman-proxy-content
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 61% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 2.7 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • Red Hat, Inc. Satellite 6

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

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.