Cross-site scripting in Red Hat Satellite
Priority LOW 27CWE-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
Red Hat Satellite before 6.5 is vulnerable to a XSS in discovery rule when you are entering filter and you use autocomplete functionality.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01099 65th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
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-2018:2927 Released 2018-10-16 · Red Hat rating ImportantSatellite 6.4 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Red Hat Satellite 6.4 SOAPpy-0.11.6-17.el7, ansiblerole-insights-client-1.5-1.el7sat, candlepin-2.4.8-1.el7 +47
- Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.4 SOAPpy-0.11.6-17.el7, ansiblerole-insights-client-1.5-1.el7sat, createrepo_c-0.7.4-1.el7sat +47
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Satellite 6.4 | Fixed | RHSA-2018:2927 |
| Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.4 | Fixed | RHSA-2018:2927 |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-12175
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x7x7-89ww-4r22
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-2017-12175 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-12175 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x7x7-89ww-4r22 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2017-12175 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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