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SCA: security update for katello (GHSA-5xv2-q475-rwrh)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 432806

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2012-3503)

Solution

Update the katello library and its related packages to version 1.0.6 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5xv2-q475-rwrh

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 432806

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/11/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-3503

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/21/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3503

BID: 55140

cwe: CWE-798