Vulnerability in Foreman's katello plugin (CVE-2017-2662)

Summary

Vulnerability in Foreman's katello plugin (CVE-2017-2662). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

A flaw was found in Foreman's katello plugin version 3.4.5. After setting a new role to allow restricted access on a repository with a filter (filter set on the Product Name), the filter is not respected when the actions are done via hammer using the repository id.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-2662 has been found in Foreman's katello plugin.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Foreman's katello plugin CVE-2017-2662" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2017-2662 (Foreman's katello plugin)
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Foreman's katello plugin.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Foreman's katello plugin.

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

1
Identify exposure identify
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Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.
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資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Foreman's katello plugin を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
2
Post-deployment verification verify
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Confirm patched version is live in production
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パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

References

advisory projects.theforeman.org
report bugzilla.redhat.com