CVE-2016-7040
Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 4.1 does not properly handle regular expressions passed to the expression engine via the JSON API and the web-based UI, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary shell commands by leveraging the…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.26%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 4.1 does not properly handle regular expressions passed to the expression engine via the JSON API and the web-based UI, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary shell commands by leveraging the ability to view and filter collections.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.26% probability · 82th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Affected
- redhat/cloudforms management engine
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1996.htmlMitigation, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93893
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1996.htmlMitigation, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93893
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.