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CVE-2024-7012 Satellite

Affected softwareSatellite
Severity9.8 Critical CVSS 3.1 2 scores
WeaknessImproper authentication (CWE-287)
Published4 Sep 2024
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

An authentication bypass vulnerability has been identified in Foreman when deployed with External Authentication, due to the puppet-foreman configuration. This issue arises from Apache's mod_proxy not properly unsetting headers because of restrictions on underscores in HTTP headers, allowing authentication through a malformed header. This flaw impacts all active Satellite deployments (6.13, 6.14 and 6.15) and could potentially enable unauthorized users to gain administrative access.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 2 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 0.77% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued none
  • Review automated Upstream data
  • Record active
Decided by The only affected product being a sealed appliance image, where Java runs but no -javaagent can be attached
Finding This CVE names only products the Waratek agent cannot be installed into (redhat/satellite). They ship as sealed appliance images or as native code with no application JVM, so there is no start-up line to add -javaagent to. The vulnerability may well be a Java one; it is permanently out of ARMR's reach rather than outside its subject.

CVSS

9.8 CRITICAL v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H secalert@redhat.com Secondary published
CVSS 3.1 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD Secondary

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

1 product, 3 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd redhat satellite generic 6.13 · 6.14 · 6.15

References

URLTags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6335 Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6336 Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6337 Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8906
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-7012 Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2299429 Issue Tracking

Timeline

Published2024-09-04By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.