Spacewalk
CVE-2018-1077
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A02:2025 - Security Misconfiguration
ASVS 5.0
V13 - Configuration XML external entity prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Collection The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could read arbitrary files or perform SSRF through XML processing by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
Spacewalk 2.6 contains an API which has an XXE flaw allowing for the disclosure of potentially sensitive information from the server. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Disable external entity processing in XML parsers, use JSON instead of XML where possible.
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This vulnerability is classified as XML External Entity (XXE) (CWE-611), which allows attackers to read arbitrary files or perform SSRF through XML processing. Spacewalk 2.6 contains an API which has an XXE flaw allowing for the disclosure of potentially sensitive information from the server. Affected products include: Redhat Spacewalk, Redhat Satellite.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
Spacewalk 2.6 contains an API which has an XXE flaw allowing for the disclosure of potentially sensitive information from the server.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
XML External Entity (XXE) attacks exploit XML parsers that process Document Type Definitions (DTDs) without proper restrictions.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
A flaw was found in Spacewalk up to version 2.9 where it was vulnerable to XML internal entity attacks via the /rpc/api
Spacewalk 2.10, and derivatives such as Uyuni 2021.08, allows code injection. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulne
A path traversal flaw was found in spacewalk-proxy, all versions through 2.9, in the way the proxy processes cached clie
It was found that Spacewalk, all versions through 2.9, did not safely compute client token checksums. Rated medium sever
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Spacewalk and Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite before 5.7.0 allows remote aut
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Spacewalk and Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite before 5.7.0 allow
GitHub PoC
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