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CVE-2014-8162 json

XML external entity (XXE) in the RPC interface in Spacewalk and Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite 5.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to…

published 2015-05-14 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-8003

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.7%
EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

XML external entity (XXE) in the RPC interface in Spacewalk and Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite 5.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and possibly have other unspecified impact via unknown vectors.

Patch / fix

  • spacewalk-java network satellite 5.7 2.3.8-103.el6sat
  • spacewalk-setup network satellite 5.7 2.3.0-17.el6sat
  • spacewalk-java-lib network satellite 5.7 2.3.8-103.el6sat
  • spacewalk-taskomatic network satellite 5.7 2.3.8-103.el6sat
  • spacewalk-java-config network satellite 5.7 2.3.8-103.el6sat
  • spacewalk-java-oracle network satellite 5.7 2.3.8-103.el6sat
  • spacewalk-java-postgresql network satellite 5.7 2.3.8-103.el6sat

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:0957

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-2014-8162 updated cvss 4.3

Satellite5: RPC API XML External Entities file disclosure

  • Red Hat Satellite 5.7 (RHEL v.6) spacewalk-java 2.3.8-103.el6sat, spacewalk-setup 2.3.0-17.el6sat, spacewalk-java-lib 2.3.8-103.el6sat, spacewalk-taskomatic 2.3.8-103.el6sat, spacewalk-java-config 2.3.8-103.el6sat, spacewalk-java-oracle 2.3.8-103.el6sat, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0957

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

2.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.