What is CVE-2020-1693?

CVE-2020-1693 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Spacewalk, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2020-02-17.

How severe is CVE-2020-1693?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.

XXE in Red Hat Spacewalk

CVE-2020-1693

A flaw was found in Spacewalk up to version 2.9 where it was vulnerable to XML internal entity attacks via the /rpc/api endpoint. An unauthenticated remote attacker could use this flaw to retrieve the content of certain files and trigger a…

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

EPSS: 0.043 (90.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Red Hat Spacewalk — versions All spacewalk versions up 2.9
Redhat Spacewalk

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-611 — Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)
secalert@redhat.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-1693?: CVE-2020-1693 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Spacewalk, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2020-02-17.
How severe is CVE-2020-1693?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.