What is CVE-2017-7470?

CVE-2017-7470 is a medium-severity vulnerability in [Unknown] Spacewalk-Backend, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-07-27.

How severe is CVE-2017-7470?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in [Unknown] Spacewalk-Backend

CVE-2017-7470

It was found that spacewalk-channel can be used by a non-admin user or disabled users to perform administrative tasks due to an incorrect authorization check in backend/server/rhnChannel.py.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2018-07-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.021 (81.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 81.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1259 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/98569 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7470?: CVE-2017-7470 is a medium-severity vulnerability in [Unknown] Spacewalk-Backend, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-07-27.
How severe is CVE-2017-7470?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.