CVE-2012-3503
The installation script in Katello 1.0 and earlier does not properly generate the Application.config.secret_token value, which causes each…
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- redhat
Description
The installation script in Katello 1.0 and earlier does not properly generate the Application.config.secret_token value, which causes each default installation to have the same secret token, and allows remote attackers to authenticate to the CloudForms System Engine web interface as an arbitrary user by creating a cookie using the default secret_token.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.0% · top 13% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemskatelloGHSA-5xv2-q475-rwrh (opens in a new tab)
References (6)
- 50344 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1187 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 55140 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://github.com/Katello/katello/pull/499 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/Katello/katello/commit/7c256fef9d75029d0ffff58ff1dcda915056d3a3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1186 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-5xv2-q475-rwrh (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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