Cross-site scripting in Red Hat Satellite
Priority LOW 25CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in how the failed action entry is processed in Red Hat Satellite before version 5.8.0. A user able to specify a failed action could exploit this flaw to perform XSS attacks against other Satellite users.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00641 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
Remediation
Red Hat 1 advisory
- RHSA-2017:1558 Released 2017-06-20 · Red Hat rating ModerateRed Hat Satellite 5.8.0 General Availability
- Red Hat Satellite 5.8 (RHEL v.6) ace-editor-1.1.3-3.el6sat, antlr-2.7.7-7.ep5.el6, apache-commons-beanutils-1.8.3-10.redhat_2.ep6.el6 +47
- Red Hat Satellite 5.8 ELS (RHEL v.6) ace-editor-1.1.3-3.el6sat, antlr-2.7.7-7.ep5.el6, apache-commons-beanutils-1.8.3-10.redhat_2.ep6.el6 +47
- Red Hat Satellite Managed DB 5.8 (RHEL v.6) perl-Filesys-Df-0.92-8.el6sat, perl-Params-Validate-0.92-3.el6, rh-postgresql95-2.2-3.el6 +12
- Red Hat Satellite Managed DB 5.8 ELS (RHEL v.6) perl-Filesys-Df-0.92-8.el6sat, perl-Params-Validate-0.92-3.el6, rh-postgresql95-2.2-3.el6 +12
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Satellite 5.8 (RHEL v.6) | Fixed | RHSA-2017:1558 |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.8 ELS (RHEL v.6) | Fixed | RHSA-2017:1558 |
| Red Hat Satellite Managed DB 5.8 (RHEL v.6) | Fixed | RHSA-2017:1558 |
| Red Hat Satellite Managed DB 5.8 ELS (RHEL v.6) | Fixed | RHSA-2017:1558 |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-7514
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cqmg-98pc-948m
- 2026-10-21 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More Red Hat Satellite vulnerabilities
- TI-2016-02888 Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u113, 7u99, and 8u77; Java SE Embedded 8u77… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2015-02278 Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u95, 7u80, and 8u45, and Java SE Embedded… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-35991 Starlette has missing Host header validation that poisons request.url.path, bypassing path-based security checks KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2015-04118 Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u101, 7u85, and 8u60 allows remote attackers… KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2018-07743 It was found that cobbler 2.6.x exposed all functions from its CobblerXMLRPCInterface… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2017-7514 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-7514 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cqmg-98pc-948m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2017-7514 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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