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TI-2020-08674 Aliases CVE-2020-10779

Authorization bypass in CloudForms

Priority LOW 30CWE-639Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-639.

Summary

Red Hat CloudForms 4.7 and 5 leads to insecure direct object references (IDOR) and functional level access control bypass due to missing privilege check. Therefore, if an attacker knows the right criteria, it is possible to access some sensitive data within the CloudForms.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00776 56th 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
—CloudForms4.7 and 5—No fix listedCNA
  • CloudForms Vendor— Affected 4.7 and 5 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.7VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.0VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.7 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2020:3358 Released 2020-08-06 · Red Hat rating Critical
    CloudForms 5.0.7 bug fix and enhancement update
    • CloudForms Management Engine 5.11 cfme-5.11.7.3-1.el8cf, cfme-gemset-5.11.7.3-1.el8cf

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
CloudForms Management Engine 5.11Fixed RHSA-2020:3358
Not affected: 1 product
  • CloudForms Management Engine 5.11

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-10779

References

Advisory 1

Other 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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