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TI-2012-03066 Aliases CVE-2012-3538GHSA-c3vm-p8x5-j8qp

Pulp in Red Hat CloudForms before 1.1 logs administrative passwords in a world-readable…

Priority LOW 17CWE-255Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Adjacent network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

Pulp in Red Hat CloudForms before 1.1 logs administrative passwords in a world-readable file, which allows local users to read pulp administrative passwords by reading production.log.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00638 50th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.0VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2012:1543 Released 2012-12-04 · Red Hat rating Important
    CloudForms System Engine 1.1 update
    • CloudForms System Engine for RHEL 6 Server candlepin-0.7.8.1-1.el6cf, candlepin-devel-0.7.8.1-1.el6cf, candlepin-selinux-0.7.8.1-1.el6cf +26
    • CloudForms Tools for RHEL 5 Server gofer-0.66.1-2.el5, gofer-package-0.66.1-2.el5, gofer-watchdog-0.66.1-2.el5 +2
    • CloudForms Tools for RHEL 6 Server gofer-0.66.1-2.el6cf, gofer-package-0.66.1-2.el6cf, gofer-watchdog-0.66.1-2.el6cf +2

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
CloudForms System Engine for RHEL 6 ServerFixed RHSA-2012:1543
CloudForms Tools for RHEL 5 ServerFixed RHSA-2012:1543
CloudForms Tools for RHEL 6 ServerFixed RHSA-2012:1543

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-3538
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c3vm-p8x5-j8qp
  3. 2026-10-24 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2019-03828 Path traversal in Rails https://github.com/rails/rails KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2017-08592 The XML-RPC server in supervisor before 3.0.1, 3.1.x before 3.1.4, 3.2.x before 3.2.4… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2019-08480 jQuery before 3.4.0, as used in Drupal, Backdrop CMS, and other products, mishandles… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2018-05593 transport.py in the SSH server implementation of Paramiko before 1.17.6, 1.18.x before… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-02756 Path traversal in HackerOne Sprockets CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2018-00978 Improper input validation in postgresql CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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