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CVE-2024-7923 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 Pulpcore when deployed with Gunicorn versions prior to 22.0, due to the puppet-pulpcore 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) which are using Pulpcore version 3.0+ 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 0.81% 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 NVD Primary published
CVSS 3.0 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H secalert@redhat.com 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-2024-7923 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2305718 Issue Tracking

Timeline

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