CVE-2016-3112

7.5 highEPSS 2.2%

client/consumer/cli.py in Pulp before 2.8.3 writes consumer private keys to etc/pki/pulp/consumer/consumer-cert.pem as world-readable, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain the consumer private keys and escalate privileges by reading /etc/pki/pulp/consumer/consumer-cert, and authenticating as a consumer user.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.5 high

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 82% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-284
Published: 2017-06-08
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

pulpproject:pulp

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/20/1
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016:1501
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=1146538
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1326242
https://pulp.plan.io/issues/1834

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