The Candlepin component of Red Hat Satellite was affected by an improper authentication flaw.

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• candlepinproject candlepin3.1.0 and later · up to 3.1.28-2 inclusive
• candlepinproject candlepin3.2.0 and later · up to 3.2.21-1 inclusive
• candlepinproject candlepin4.1.0 and later · up to 4.1.8-1 inclusive

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.

• n/a candlepin

  • Affects v3.1.28-2, v3.2.21-1, v4.1.8-1 and earlier are affected.affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2023-1832Improper authorization check in the server component
  32Monitor
• CVE-2015-5187Candlepin allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by obtaining Java exception statements as a result of excessive web traffi
  27Monitor
• CVE-2012-6119Candlepin before 0.7.24, as used in Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager before 1.2.1, does not properly check manifest signatures, which allo
  8Monitor

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

The endpoint fetches the record by the ID sent in the request, but never checks whether the record belongs to the requesting user.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1const invoice = await Invoice.findById(req.params.id);2res.json(invoice);

1const invoice = await Invoice.findOne({2  id: req.params.id,3  ownerId: req.user.id,4});5if (!invoice) return res.sendStatus(404);6res.json(invoice);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.