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CVE-2012-2696 json

The backend in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (RHEV-M) before 3.1 does not properly check privileges, which allows remote authen…

published 2013-01-04 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-2676

cvss
2.7
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 56%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The backend in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (RHEV-M) before 3.1 does not properly check privileges, which allows remote authenticated users to query arbitrary information via a (1) SOAP or (2) GWT request.

Patch / fix

  • rhevm rhev manager 3 3.1.0-32.el6ev
  • rhevm-setup rhev manager 3 3.1.0-32.el6ev
  • rhevm-config rhev manager 3 3.1.0-32.el6ev
  • rhevm-backend rhev manager 3 3.1.0-32.el6ev
  • rhevm-restapi rhev manager 3 3.1.0-32.el6ev
  • rhevm-dbscripts rhev manager 3 3.1.0-32.el6ev
  • rhevm-genericapi rhev manager 3 3.1.0-32.el6ev
  • rhevm-userportal rhev manager 3 3.1.0-32.el6ev

red hat advisories RHSA-2012:1506

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-2696 updated cvss 2.7

rhev: backend allows unprivileged queries

  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 2 ovirt-engine-backend
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat RHEV-M for Servers rhevm 3.1.0-32.el6ev, rhevm-setup 3.1.0-32.el6ev, rhevm-config 3.1.0-32.el6ev, rhevm-backend 3.1.0-32.el6ev, rhevm-restapi 3.1.0-32.el6ev, rhevm-dbscripts 3.1.0-32.el6ev, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1506

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.7 AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.