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TI-2020-08678 Aliases CVE-2020-10783

Red Hat CloudForms 4.7 and 5 is affected by a role-based privilege escalation flaw.

Priority LOW 38Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

Red Hat CloudForms 4.7 and 5 is affected by a role-based privilege escalation flaw. An attacker with EVM-Operator group can perform actions restricted only to EVM-Super-administrator group, leads to, exporting or importing administrator files.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01 63rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

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 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2020:3574 Released 2020-08-27 · Red Hat rating Critical
    CloudForms 4.7.16 security, bug fix and enhancement update
    • CloudForms Management Engine 5.10 cfme-5.10.16.0-1.el7cf, cfme-appliance-5.10.16.0-1.el7cf, cfme-appliance-common-5.10.16.0-1.el7cf +2
  • 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 5.10Fixed RHSA-2020:3574
CloudForms Management Engine 5.11Fixed RHSA-2020:3358
Not affected: 2 products
  • CloudForms Management Engine 5.10
  • CloudForms Management Engine 5.11

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-10783

References

Advisory 2

  • 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
See all 47 →

Sources

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