CVE-2020-1693 — XML External Entity (XXE) Injection in Redhat Spacewalk

CWE-611 — XML External Entity (XXE) Injection5 documents5 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
CNA8.6
EPSS
7.2%
top 8.40%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Redhat SpacewalkRED HAT Spacewalk
Timeline
PublishedFeb 17
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A flaw was found in Spacewalk up to version 2.9 where it was vulnerable to XML internal entity attacks via the /rpc/api endpoint. An unauthenticated remote attacker could use this flaw to retrieve the content of certain files and trigger a denial of service, or in certain circumstances, execute arbitrary code on the Spacewalk server.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDredhat/spacewalk< 2.9
▶CVEListV5red_hat/spacewalkAll spacewalk versions up 2.9

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-79v3-cg9r-f55q: A flaw was found in Spacewalk up to version 2↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-1693: A flaw was found in Spacewalk up to version 2↗2020-02-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
spacewalk: XML entity attacks on /rpc/api↗2020-02-11
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-1693 spacewalk: XML entity attacks on /rpc/api↗2020-01-13
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