What is CVE-2013-4120?

CVE-2013-4120 is a high-severity vulnerability in Katello, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-12-10.

How severe is CVE-2013-4120?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Katello

CVE-2013-4120

Katello has a Denial of Service vulnerability in API OAuth authentication

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published 2019-12-10 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (70.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 70.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Katello — versions through 2013-07-12
Theforeman Katello

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4120 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-4120?: CVE-2013-4120 is a high-severity vulnerability in Katello, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-12-10.
How severe is CVE-2013-4120?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.