Missing authentication in Red Hat CloudForms
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-306.
Summary
A flaw was found in the CloudForms web interface, versions 5.8 - 5.10, where the RSS feed URLs are not properly restricted to authenticated users only. An attacker could use this flaw to view potentially sensitive information from CloudForms including data such as newly created virtual machines.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 1 product
- CloudForms Management Engine 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-15123
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9j5r-6jgc-rgpx
References
More Red Hat Cloudforms Management Engine vulnerabilities
- TI-2013-01839 Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the AgentController in Red Hat CloudForms… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.4
- TI-2013-01821 SQL injection vulnerability in the miq_policy controller in Red Hat CloudForms 2.0… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2016-04680 Code injection in [UNKNOWN] cfme CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2020-11195 OS command injection in CloudForms CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2019-11098 Improper input validation in [UNKNOWN] CloudForms CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
- TI-2016-06078 Improper authorization in Red Hat CFME CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2017-15123 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-15123 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9j5r-6jgc-rgpx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2017-15123 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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