Description
Red Hat CloudForms before 5.11.7.0 was vulnerable to the User Impersonation authorization flaw which allows malicious attacker to create existent and non-existent role-based access control user, with groups and roles. With a selected group of EvmGroup-super_administrator, an attacker can perform any API request as a super administrator.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | CloudForms | cfme 5.11.7.0 | — |
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 | cfme +4 | 5.10.16.0-1.el7cf | RHSA-2020:3574, RHSA-2020:3358 |
Advisories 2
- RHSA-2020:3574 Red Hat Security Advisory: CloudForms 4.7.16 security, bug fix and enhancement update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 27, 2026
- RHSA-2020:3358 Red Hat Security Advisory: CloudForms 5.0.7 bug fix and enhancement update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 27, 2026