CVE-2016-7040

Published: Oct 7, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

8.8

Vector

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

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 4.1 does not properly handle regular expressions passed to the expression engine via the JSON API and the web-based UI, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary shell commands by leveraging the ability to view and filter collections.

Affected (1)

Products: Redhat: Cloudforms Management Engine

1 product

Cloudforms Management Engine

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Redhat Cloudforms Management Engine	Version 4.1

Related CWEs

Improper Access Control

The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

References (4)

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1996.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

MitigationVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93893

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1996.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

MitigationVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93893

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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