Katello: Application.config.secret_token is not generated properly
Published Aug 25, 2012
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.1
EPSS 3.00%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≤ 1.0
Configuration 2
- 6.0
No data.
CloudForms for RHEL 6
katello-0:0.1.320-1.el6cf
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1186
Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1.1
katello-0:0.3.4-1.el6_2
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1187
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| CloudForms for RHEL 6 | katello-0:0.1.320-1.el6cf | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1186 |
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1.1 | katello-0:0.3.4-1.el6_2 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1187 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.00% (0.03002) | 86.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.00% (0.03002) | 85.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 5, 2025 | 1.30% (0.01303) | 78.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.94% (0.02938) | 85.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.46% (0.06457) | 84.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.94% (0.02938) | 85.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.50% (0.01502) | 87.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 14, 2024 | 1.50% (0.01502) | 86.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 13, 2023 | 1.65% (0.01646) | 85.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 13, 2023 | 1.39% (0.01392) | 84.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.16% (0.01159) | 82.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.23% (0.01232) | 67.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 1.23% (0.01232) | 66.80th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.81% (0.01815) | 76.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Dec 23, 2022 | 1.23% (0.01232) | 66.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.23% (0.01232) | 64.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.23% (0.01232) | 41.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1186.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1187.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50344 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55140 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3503 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849210 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/Katello/katello/commit/7c256fef9d75029d0ffff58ff1dcda915056d3a3 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://github.com/Katello/katello/pull/499 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5xv2-q475-rwrh Advisory
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/katello/CVE-2012-3503.yml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3503
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140806122239/http://secunia.com/advisories/50344
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200229120740/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55140
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3503
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