What is CVE-2017-7497?

CVE-2017-7497 is a medium-severity vulnerability in [Unknown] Cfme, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 4.1/10. Published 2018-07-27.

How severe is CVE-2017-7497?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in [Unknown] Cfme

CVE-2017-7497

The dialog for creating cloud volumes (cinder provider) in CloudForms does not filter cloud tenants by user. An attacker with the ability to create storage volumes could use this to create storage volumes for any other tenant.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (61.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 61.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

[Unknown] Cfme
Red Hat Cloudforms Management Engine — versions 5.7.2, 5.8.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1601 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1758 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7497?: CVE-2017-7497 is a medium-severity vulnerability in [Unknown] Cfme, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 4.1/10. Published 2018-07-27.
How severe is CVE-2017-7497?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.1 out of 10.