CVE-2020-1693 is a vulnerability in Red Hat Spacewalk
Published on February 17, 2020
A flaw was found in Spacewalk up to version 2.9 where it was vulnerable to XML internal entity attacks via the /rpc/api endpoint. An unauthenticated remote attacker could use this flaw to retrieve the content of certain files and trigger a denial of service, or in certain circumstances, execute arbitrary code on the Spacewalk server.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2020-1693 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
What is a XXE Vulnerability?
The software processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output.
CVE-2020-1693 has been classified to as a XXE vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2020-1693
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Affected Versions
Red Hat spacewalk Version All spacewalk versions up 2.9 is affected by CVE-2020-1693Exploit Probability
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