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TI-2019-07460 Aliases CVE-2019-10137GHSA-38jq-w3g8-jpc9

Path traversal in spacewalkproject spacewalk-proxy

Priority MEDIUM 48CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

A path traversal flaw was found in spacewalk-proxy, all versions through 2.9, in the way the proxy processes cached client tokens. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to test the existence of arbitrary files, if they have access to the proxy's filesystem, or can execute arbitrary code in the context of the httpd process.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03121 87th 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
spacewalkprojectspacewalk-proxyspacewalk through 2.9—No fix listedCNA
  • spacewalk-proxy Vendorspacewalkproject Affected spacewalk through 2.9 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:spacewalk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2.9VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:spacewalk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.9 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2019:1663 Released 2019-07-02 · Red Hat rating Important
    spacewalk-backend and spacewalk-proxy security update
    • Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.8 (RHEL v.6) spacewalk-backend-2.5.3-177.el6sat, spacewalk-backend-libs-2.5.3-177.el6sat, spacewalk-proxy-2.5.0-8.el6sat +5

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.8 (RHEL v.6)Fixed RHSA-2019:1663

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-10137
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-38jq-w3g8-jpc9

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2021-17420 Spacewalk 2.10, and derivatives such as Uyuni 2021.08, allows code injection. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2019-07459 Improper signature verification in spacewalkproject spacewalk CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 4.3

Sources

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