Description
CloudForms Management Engine (cfme) before 5.7.3 and 5.8.x before 5.8.1 lacks RBAC controls on certain methods in the rails application portion of CloudForms. An attacker with access could use a variety of methods within the rails application portion of CloudForms to escalate privileges.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | CloudForms | 5.7.3, 5.8.1 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat CloudForms 5 | ansible | 2.3.0.0-1.el7 | RHSA-2017:1758 |
| Red Hat CloudForms 5 | ansible-tower-setup +1 | 3.1.3-1.el7at | RHSA-2017:1758 |
| Red Hat CloudForms 5 | cfme +2 | 5.7.4.2-1.el7cf | RHSA-2017:3484, RHSA-2017:1758 |
| Red Hat CloudForms 5 | rh-ruby23-rubygem-nokogiri +1 | 1.7.2-1.el7cf | RHSA-2017:3484, RHSA-2017:1758 |
Advisories 2
- RHSA-2017:3484 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat CloudForms security, bug fix, and enhancement update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jul 1, 2026
- RHSA-2017:1758 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat CloudForms security, bug fix, and enhancement update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jul 1, 2026
References
- RHSA-2017:3484 vendor-advisory
- 100148 vdb-entry
- RHSA-2017:1758 vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2664