A lack of access control was found in the message queues maintained by Satellite's QPID broker and used by katello-agent in versions before
A lack of access control was found in the message queues maintained by Satellite's QPID broker and used by katello-agent in versions before Satellite 6.2, Satellite 6.1 optional and Satellite Capsule 6.1. A malicious user authenticated to a host registered to Satellite (or Capsule) can use this flaw to access QMF methods to any host also registered to Satellite (or Capsule) and execute privileged commands.
- Published
- Apr 11, 2019
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.7% · 50th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-284
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Action score
32
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 32 / 40 · 8.0 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.7%
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 8.0
- CNA · redhat
- 8.0
- agree
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| redhat | satellite | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- redhat satellitebefore 6.2
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (redhat). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Red Hat qpid-dispatch-router
- fixed in Satellite >= 6.2, fixed in Satellite 6.1 - Optional, fixed in Satellite Capsule 6.1affected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat:rhel_satellite_tools:6.5::el5 | gofer | before 0:2.11.9-1.el5 | 0:2.11.9-1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_satellite_tools:6.5::el5 | katello-agent | before 0:3.5.0-2.el5 | 0:3.5.0-2.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_satellite_tools:6.5::el5 | katello-host-tools | before 0:3.5.0-2.el5 | 0:3.5.0-2.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_satellite_tools:6.5::el5 | katello-host-tools-fact-plugin | before 0:3.5.0-2.el5 | 0:3.5.0-2.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_satellite_tools:6.5::el5 | pulp | before 0:2.18.1.1-1.el5 | 0:2.18.1.1-1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_satellite_tools:6.5::el5 | pulp-rpm | before 0:2.18.1.5-1.el5 | 0:2.18.1.5-1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_satellite_tools:6.5::el5 | pulp-rpm-handlers | before 0:2.18.1.5-1.el5 | 0:2.18.1.5-1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_satellite_tools:6.5::el5 | puppet-agent | before 0:5.5.12-1.el5 | 0:5.5.12-1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_satellite_tools:6.5::el5 | python-gofer | before 0:2.11.9-1.el5 | 0:2.11.9-1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_satellite_tools:6.5::el5 | python-gofer-proton | before 0:2.11.9-1.el5 | 0:2.11.9-1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_satellite_tools:6.5::el5 | python-hashlib | before 0:20081119-7.el5sat | 0:20081119-7.el5sat |
| Red Hat:rhel_satellite_tools:6.5::el5 | python-hashlib-debuginfo | before 0:20081119-7.el5sat | 0:20081119-7.el5sat |
| Red Hat:rhel_satellite_tools:6.5::el5 | python-isodate | before 0:0.5.0-4.pulp.el5 | 0:0.5.0-4.pulp.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_satellite_tools:6.5::el5 | python-pulp-agent-lib | before 0:2.18.1.1-1.el5 | 0:2.18.1.1-1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_satellite_tools:6.5::el5 | python-pulp-common | before 0:2.18.1.1-1.el5 | 0:2.18.1.1-1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_satellite_tools:6.5::el5 | python-pulp-rpm-common | before 0:2.18.1.5-1.el5 | 0:2.18.1.5-1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_satellite_tools:6.5::el5 | python-qpid-proton | before 0:0.9-16.el5 | 0:0.9-16.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_satellite_tools:6.5::el5 | python-uuid | before 0:1.30-4.el5 | 0:1.30-4.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_satellite_tools:6.5::el5 | qpid-proton | before 0:0.9-16.el5 | 0:0.9-16.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_satellite_tools:6.5::el5 | qpid-proton-c | before 0:0.9-16.el5 | 0:0.9-16.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_satellite_tools:6.5::el5 | qpid-proton-debuginfo | before 0:0.9-16.el5 | 0:0.9-16.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_satellite_tools:6.5::el6 | gofer | before 0:2.11.9-1.el6sat | 0:2.11.9-1.el6sat |
| Red Hat:rhel_satellite_tools:6.5::el6 | katello-agent | before 0:3.5.0-2.el6sat | 0:3.5.0-2.el6sat |
| Red Hat:rhel_satellite_tools:6.5::el6 | katello-host-tools | before 0:3.5.0-2.el6sat | 0:3.5.0-2.el6sat |
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| red hat:foreman-installer-katello | 0:3.4.5.35-1.el7sat · Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.3::el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:katello-installer-base | 0:3.4.5.35-1.el7sat · Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.3::el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:libwebsockets | 0:2.1.0-3.el6 · Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.1::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:libwebsockets-debuginfo | 0:2.1.0-3.el6 · Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.1::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:python-qpid | 0:1.35.0-5.el6 · Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.1::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:python-qpid-proton | 0:0.16.0-12.el6sat · Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.1::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:python-qpid-qmf | 0:1.36.0-19.el6 · Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.1::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:satellite | 0:6.3.5.1-1.el7sat · Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.3::el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:satellite-capsule | 0:6.3.5.1-1.el7sat · Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.3::el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:satellite-cli | 0:6.3.5.1-1.el7sat · Red Hat:satellite:6.3::el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:satellite-common | 0:6.3.5.1-1.el7sat · Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.3::el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:satellite-debug-tools | 0:6.3.5.1-1.el7sat · Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.3::el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone on the same network segment can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Adjacent
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-284 · Improper Access ControlCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Embedding Scripts within ScriptsCAPEC-19likelihood: High · High
- Malicious Logic InsertionCAPEC-441likelihood: Medium · High
- Modification of Windows Service ConfigurationCAPEC-478likelihood: Low · High
- Malicious Root CertificateCAPEC-479likelihood: Low · Low
- Intent SpoofCAPEC-502
- WebView ExposureCAPEC-503
- Data Injected During ConfigurationCAPEC-536likelihood: Low · High
- Incomplete Data Deletion in a Multi-Tenant EnvironmentCAPEC-546likelihood: Low · Medium
ATT&CK techniques
- RootkitT1014
- Obfuscated Files or Information: Embedded PayloadsT1027.009
- Boot or Logon Initialization ScriptsT1037
- Taint shared contentT1080
- Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLLT1505.005
- Pre-OS Boot:BootkitT1542.003
- Create or Modify System ProcessT1543
- Create or Modify System Process: Launch AgentT1543.001
- Create or Modify System Process:Windows ServiceT1543.003
- Create or Modify System Process: Launch DaemonT1543.004
- Event Triggered Execution:Change Default File AssociationT1546.001
- Event Triggered Execution:.bash_profile and .bashrcT1546.004
- Event Triggered Execution: Accessibility FeaturesT1546.008
- Event Triggered Execution: Installer PackagesT1546.016
- Boot or Logon Autostart ExecutionT1547
- Boot or Logon Autostart Execution:Kernel Modules and ExtensionsT1547.006
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.