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TI-2017-08981 Aliases CVE-2017-12191GHSA-cfmg-g9hg-m3g2

Improper access control in Red Hat CloudForms

Priority LOW 34CWE-284Published · Updated

Key facts

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

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

Summary

A flaw was found in the CloudForms account configuration when using VMware. By default, a shared account is used that has privileged access to VMRC (VMWare Remote Console) functions that may not be appropriate for users of CloudForms (and thus this account). An attacker could use this vulnerability to view and make changes to settings in the VMRC and virtual machines controlled by it that they should not have access to.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00877 59th 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 HatCloudFormsThrough 5.9—No fix listedCNA
  • CloudForms VendorRed Hat Affected Through 5.9 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2018:0374 Released 2018-02-28 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat CloudForms security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • CloudForms Management Engine 5.8 ansible-2.4.3.0-1.el7ae, ansible-tower-server-3.1.5-3.el7at, ansible-tower-setup-3.1.5-3.el7at +19

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
CloudForms Management Engine 5.8Fixed RHSA-2018:0374

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-12191
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cfmg-g9hg-m3g2

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

  • 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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Sources

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