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TI-2017-05179 Aliases CVE-2017-7538GHSA-5v3c-p3h6-5654

Cross-site scripting in Red Hat Satellite

Priority LOW 26CWE-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 an organization name is displayed in Satellite 5, before 5.8. A user able to change an organization's name could exploit this flaw to perform XSS attacks against other Satellite users.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00746 55th 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
Red HatSatellite5.8—No fix listedCNA
  • Satellite VendorRed Hat Affected 5.8 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 5.8VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 5.8 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2017:2645 Released 2017-09-06 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    satellite and spacewalk security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Satellite 5.8 (RHEL v.6) satellite-schema-5.8.0.33-1.el6sat, spacewalk-backend-2.5.3-151.el6sat, spacewalk-backend-app-2.5.3-151.el6sat +23
    • Red Hat Satellite 5.8 ELS (RHEL v.6) satellite-schema-5.8.0.33-1.el6sat, spacewalk-backend-2.5.3-151.el6sat, spacewalk-backend-app-2.5.3-151.el6sat +23

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Satellite 5.8 (RHEL v.6)Fixed RHSA-2017:2645
Red Hat Satellite 5.8 ELS (RHEL v.6)Fixed RHSA-2017:2645

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-7538
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5v3c-p3h6-5654

References

Advisory 2

  • 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
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