Pulp
CVE-2016-3095
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V14 - Data Protection Data exposure prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Collection, Discovery The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: local attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.04%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A local attacker with access to the system could access sensitive data that should not be disclosed. |
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server/bin/pulp-gen-ca-certificate in Pulp before 2.8.2 allows local users to read the generated private key. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Minimize information in error messages, implement proper access controls, encrypt sensitive data at rest and in transit.
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This vulnerability is classified as Exposure of Sensitive Information (CWE-200), which allows attackers to access sensitive data that should not be disclosed. server/bin/pulp-gen-ca-certificate in Pulp before 2.8.2 allows local users to read the generated private key. Affected products include: Fedoraproject Fedora, Pulpproject Pulp. Version information: before 2.8.2.
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
server/bin/pulp-gen-ca-certificate in Pulp before 2.8.2 allows local users to read the generated private key.
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
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pulp-consumer-client 2.4.0 through 2.6.3 does not check the server's TLS certificate signatures when retrieving the serv
Pulp before 2.8.5 uses bash's $RANDOM in an unsafe way to generate passwords. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulne
client/consumer/cli.py in Pulp before 2.8.3 writes consumer private keys to etc/pki/pulp/consumer/consumer-cert.pem as w
Pulp before 2.3.0 uses the same the same certificate authority key and certificate for all installations. Rated high sev
In Pulp before version 2.16.2, secrets are passed into override_config when triggering a task and then become readable t
The pulp-gen-nodes-certificate script in Pulp before 2.8.3 allows local users to leak the keys or write to arbitrary fil
pulp 2.16.x and possibly older is vulnerable to an improper path parsing. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnera
The pulp-qpid-ssl-cfg script in Pulp before 2.8.5 allows local users to obtain the CA key. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5
pulp.spec in the installation process for Pulp 2.8.3 generates the RSA key pairs used to validate messages between the p
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