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TI-2017-01910 Aliases CVE-2017-2664GHSA-rc49-fxf8-jgg2

Improper access control in Red Hat CloudForms

Priority LOW 31CWE-284Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-284.

Summary

CloudForms Management Engine (cfme) before 5.7.3 and 5.8.x before 5.8.1 lacks RBAC controls on certain methods in the rails application portion of CloudForms. An attacker with access could use a variety of methods within the rails application portion of CloudForms to escalate privileges.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01302 70th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Red HatCloudForms5.7.3; 5.8.1—No fix listedCNA
  • CloudForms VendorRed Hat Affected 5.7.3; 5.8.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.2VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.6VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms_management_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 5.7.3; 5.8 to before 5.8.1VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.6 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms_management_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 5.7.3; 5.8 to before 5.8.1 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2017:3484 Released 2017-12-18 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat CloudForms security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • CloudForms Management Engine 5.7 cfme-5.7.4.2-1.el7cf, cfme-appliance-5.7.4.2-1.el7cf, cfme-gemset-5.7.4.2-1.el7cf +2
  • RHSA-2017:1758 Released 2017-08-02 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat CloudForms security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • CloudForms Management Engine 5.8 ansible-2.3.0.0-1.el7, ansible-tower-server-3.1.3-1.el7at, ansible-tower-setup-3.1.3-1.el7at +5

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
CloudForms Management Engine 5.7Fixed RHSA-2017:3484
CloudForms Management Engine 5.8Fixed RHSA-2017:1758

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-2664
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rc49-fxf8-jgg2

References

Advisory 3

  • 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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