{"cve":"CVE-2012-3503","nvd":{"published":"2012-08-25T10:29:52.693","modified":"2026-06-16T23:43:21.807","status":"Modified","description":"The installation script in Katello 1.0 and earlier does not properly generate the Application.config.secret_token value, which causes each default installation to have the same secret token, and allows remote attackers to authenticate to the CloudForms System Engine web interface as an arbitrary user by creating a cookie using the default secret_token.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-798"],"references":["http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1186.html","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1187.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/50344","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55140","https://github.com/Katello/katello/commit/7c256fef9d75029d0ffff58ff1dcda915056d3a3"],"products":["redhat:enterprise_linux_server","theforeman:katello"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:25:53.526315492+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-3503","score":0.03002,"percentile":0.87375,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-5xv2-q475-rwrh","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-5xv2-q475-rwrh","summary":"Katello uses hard coded credential","modified":"2024-04-11T15:43:37Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","name":"katello","purl":"pkg:gem/katello","ranges":["<1.0.6"],"fixed":["1.0.6"]},{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","name":"katello","purl":"pkg:gem/katello","ranges":[">=1.1.0 <1.1.7"],"fixed":["1.1.7"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}