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Red Hat CloudForms: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Ausführen von beliebigem Programmcode mit Benutzerrechten

WID-SEC-2026-3442 · first 25.07.2019 · updated 18.09.2026 · CVSS 7,0

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What it is about

Red Hat CloudForms ist ein hybrides "on-premise" Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) Cloud Produkt zur Erstellung und verwaltung von privaten und öffentlichen Clouds. Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Red Hat CloudForms ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode mit Benutzerrechten auszuführen oder einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.

Under what conditions?

Only with access to the device or an account on it. Often the second step after a phishing email.

What can happen in the worst case

An attacker could use the vulnerability to

  • beliebigen Programmcode mit Benutzerrechten auszuführen oder einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen

Am I affected?

Affected according to the BSI:

  • Red Hat CloudForms 4.7.7
  • Ubuntu Linux

The installed version is usually shown under “Help → About” or in the device’s admin interface.

What helps?

Install the updates provided by the vendor; details in the sources below.

Is the vulnerability already being exploited?

None of the CVEs is in the CISA catalogue of exploited vulnerabilities. That does not mean there are no attacks, only that none are documented.

Information and sources

CVE: CVE-2019-12439

Source: BSI warning and information service (CERT-Bund); CISA. The assessment of the conditions is my reading of the BSI text; the external pages are in their original language.

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