What is CVE-2020-10779?

CVE-2020-10779 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Cloudforms, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-08-11.

How severe is CVE-2020-10779?

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

Auth bypass in Red Hat Cloudforms

CVE-2020-10779

Red Hat CloudForms 4.7 and 5 leads to insecure direct object references (IDOR) and functional level access control bypass due to missing privilege check. Therefore, if an attacker knows the right criteria, it is possible to access some sensitive data within the CloudForms.

Vulnerability class: IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

Published 2020-08-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (54.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 54.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Red Hat Cloudforms — versions 4.7, 5.0.0
Cloudforms — versions 4.7 and 5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-639 — Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-10779 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-10779?: CVE-2020-10779 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Cloudforms, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-08-11.
How severe is CVE-2020-10779?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.