Insufficiently protected credentials in Red Hat Satellite
Priority LOW 38CWE-522Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-522.
Summary
A flaw was found in Red Hat Satellite 6 which allows privileged attacker to read cache files. These cache credentials could help attacker to gain complete control of the Satellite instance.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00315 24th 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Red Hat Satellite | 6 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Red Hat Satellite Vendor— Affected 6 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
Red Hat 2 advisories
- RHSA-2020:4366 Released 2020-10-27 · Red Hat rating ImportantSatellite 6.8 release
- Red Hat Satellite 6.8 ansible-collection-redhat-satellite-1.3.0-1.el7sat, ansible-runner-1.4.6-1.el7ar, ansiblerole-foreman_scap_client-0.0.5-1.el7sat +47
- Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.8 ansible-collection-redhat-satellite-1.3.0-1.el7sat, ansible-runner-1.4.6-1.el7ar, ansiblerole-foreman_scap_client-0.0.5-1.el7sat +47
- RHSA-2020:4127 Released 2020-09-30 · Red Hat rating ImportantSatellite 6.7.4 Async Bug Fix Update
- Red Hat Satellite 6.7 foreman-1.24.1.28-3.el7sat, foreman-cli-1.24.1.28-3.el7sat, foreman-debug-1.24.1.28-3.el7sat +10
- Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.7 foreman-1.24.1.28-3.el7sat, foreman-debug-1.24.1.28-3.el7sat
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Satellite 6.7 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:4127 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6.8 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:4366 |
| Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.7 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:4127 |
| Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.8 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:4366 |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Satellite 6.7
- Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-14334
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cjmx-h785-pr4r
References
More Red Hat Satellite vulnerabilities
- TI-2016-02888 Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u113, 7u99, and 8u77; Java SE Embedded 8u77… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2015-02278 Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u95, 7u80, and 8u45, and Java SE Embedded… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-35991 Starlette has missing Host header validation that poisons request.url.path, bypassing path-based security checks KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2015-04118 Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u101, 7u85, and 8u60 allows remote attackers… KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2018-07743 It was found that cobbler 2.6.x exposed all functions from its CobblerXMLRPCInterface… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2020-14334 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-14334 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cjmx-h785-pr4r · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2020-14334 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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