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CVE-2012-3503

Katello: Application.config.secret_token is not generated properly

Published Modified CWE 798
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GHSA9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat5.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, GHSA, Ruby Advisory DB. Rated lower by Red Hat (low).

Description

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.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
rubygems::GitHub Security Advisory RubyGemskatello1.0.6, 1.1.7
rubygems::Ruby Advisory Databasekatello~> 1.0.6, >= 1.1.7

References

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