Red Hat CloudForms 3 Management Engine (CFME) allows remote authenticated users to cause…
Priority LOW 31CWE-400Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
Red Hat CloudForms 3 Management Engine (CFME) allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via vectors involving calls to the .to_sym rails function and lack of garbage collection of inserted symbols.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01044 64th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| CloudForms Management Engine 5 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2014-7813
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8g84-36xh-vrj9
References
More Red Hat Cloudforms 3.0 Management Engine vulnerabilities
- TI-2014-00053 The x_button method in the ServiceController (vmdb/app/controllers/service_controller.rb)… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2014-00131 SQL injection vulnerability in the saved_report_delete action in the ReportController in… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2014-02963 vmdb/app/controllers/application_controller/performance.rb in Red Hat CloudForms 3.1… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2013-05396 CloudForms 3.0 Management Engine before 5.2.1.6 allows remote attackers to bypass the… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
- TI-2014-02813 The (1) shell_exec function in lib/util/MiqSshUtilV1.rb and (2) temp_cmd_file function in… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2014-00174 The wait_for_task function in app/controllers/application_controller.rb in Red Hat… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
Sources
- CVE-2014-7813 · CVE Program
- CVE-2014-7813 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8g84-36xh-vrj9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2014-7813 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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