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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2017-2662 json

katello Improper Privilege Management vulnerability

published 2018-08-22 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-cpv6-pfq6-j2v7 , EUVD-2022-3607

cvss
4.3
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 61%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in Foreman's katello plugin version 3.4.5. After setting a new role to allow restricted access on a repository with a filter (filter set on the Product Name), the filter is not respected when the actions are done via hammer using the repository id.

Patch / fix

  • rubygems katello 3.17.0.rc1
  • tfm satellite capsule 6.9, satellite 6.9 6.1-4.el7sat
  • kobo satellite capsule 6.9, satellite 6.9 0.5.1-1.el7sat
  • pulp satellite capsule 6.9, satellite 6.9 2.21.5-2.el7sat
  • gofer satellite capsule 6.9, satellite 6.9 2.12.5-7.el7sat
  • future satellite capsule 6.9, satellite 6.9 0.16.0-11.el7sat
  • ostree satellite capsule 6.9, satellite 6.9 2017.1-2.atomic.el7
  • foreman satellite capsule 6.9, satellite 6.9 2.3.1.20-1.el7sat
  • katello satellite capsule 6.9, satellite 6.9 3.18.1-3.el7sat

red hat advisories RHSA-2021:1313

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-2017-2662 updated cvss 4.3

foreman: Managing repositories with their id via hammer does not respect the role filters

  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3 foreman
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.9 foreman 2.3.1.20-1.el7sat, foreman-cli 2.3.1.20-1.el7sat, foreman-ec2 2.3.1.20-1.el7sat, foreman-gce 2.3.1.20-1.el7sat, foreman-ovirt 2.3.1.20-1.el7sat, foreman-vmware 2.3.1.20-1.el7sat, +7 more Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.9 foreman 2.3.1.20-1.el7sat
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:1313
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.9 tfm 6.1-4.el7sat, kobo 0.5.1-1.el7sat, pulp 2.21.5-2.el7sat, gofer 2.12.5-7.el7sat, libsolv 0.7.12-2.el7pc, receptor 0.6.3-1.el7ar, +626 more Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.9 tfm 6.1-4.el7sat, kobo 0.5.1-1.el7sat, pulp 2.21.5-2.el7sat, gofer 2.12.5-7.el7sat, libsolv 0.7.12-2.el7pc, future 0.16.0-11.el7sat, +237 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.94% 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
CNA 3.0 4.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.0 4.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.0 4.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
rubygems katello
<3.17.0.rc1
3.17.0.rc1

Affected products

  • The Foreman Project foreman katello plugin

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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