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CVE-2020-10783 json

Red Hat CloudForms 4.7 and 5 is affected by a role-based privilege escalation flaw.

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-3196

cvss
8.3
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 63%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Red Hat CloudForms 4.7 and 5 is affected by a role-based privilege escalation flaw. An attacker with EVM-Operator group can perform actions restricted only to EVM-Super-administrator group, leads to, exporting or importing administrator files.

Patch / fix

  • cfme cloudforms managementengine 5.10 5.10.16.0-1.el7cf
  • cfme-gemset cloudforms managementengine 5.10 5.10.16.0-1.el7cf
  • cfme-appliance cloudforms managementengine 5.10 5.10.16.0-1.el7cf
  • cfme-appliance-tools cloudforms managementengine 5.10 5.10.16.0-1.el7cf
  • cfme-appliance-common cloudforms managementengine 5.10 5.10.16.0-1.el7cf
  • cfme cloudforms managementengine 5.11 5.11.7.3-1.el8cf
  • cfme-gemset cloudforms managementengine 5.11 5.11.7.3-1.el8cf

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:3574RHSA-2020:3358

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2020-10783 updated cvss 8.4

CloudForms: Missing access control leads to escalation of admin group privileges

  • Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5.10 cfme-gemset 5.10.16.0-1.el7cf
    fixed: vendor fix “Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update as soon as possible.” RHSA-2020:3574
  • Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5.11 cfme-gemset 5.11.7.3-1.el8cf
    fixed: vendor fix “Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update as soon as possible.” RHSA-2020:3358
  • Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5.10 cfme 5.10.16.0-1.el7cf, cfme-appliance 5.10.16.0-1.el7cf, cfme-appliance-tools 5.10.16.0-1.el7cf, cfme-appliance-common 5.10.16.0-1.el7cf, cfme-amazon-smartstate 5.10.16.0-1.el7cf Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5.11 cfme 5.11.7.3-1.el8cf, cfme-appliance 5.11.7.3-1.el8cf, v2v-conversion-host 1.16.2-3.el8ev, cfme-appliance-tools 5.11.7.3-1.el8cf, cfme-appliance-common 5.11.7.3-1.el8cf, cfme-amazon-smartstate 5.11.7.3-1.el8cf, +1 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a CloudForms

References

Sources

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