Rubygem-katello: improper authorization logic allows resource enumeration
13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 4.3epss 0.3%
exploitation probability
0.3%top 81% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
A flaw was found in rubygem-katello. The RegistryProxiesController in Katello contains an authorization bypass vulnerability due to an execution fall-through in the registry_authorize filter. While the application identifies unauthorized requests and triggers an error response via the unauthorized method, it fails to halt the execution of the current code path (missing return statement). This failure in the control flow allows the application to proceed into subsequent business logic and database validation filters. Consequently, the application reveals its internal state through differential responses, allowing an unprivileged attacker to enumerate valid Users, Organizations, and Products across the entire instance.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Affected products
Red Hat · Red Hat Satellite 6Red Hat · Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8Red Hat · Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9Red Hat · Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9Red Hat · Red Hat Satellite 6.18 for RHEL 9Red Hat · Red Hat Satellite 6.19 for RHEL 9References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74503https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74504https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74505https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74506https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-56098https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2490542