7.5

CVE-2016-3112: pulpproject pulp Improper Access Control

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
Published 08-06-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-3112 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Access Control vulnerability in pulpproject pulp. EPSS estimates a 2.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.19%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHBA-2016:1501

Timeline

  1. 08-06-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

client/consumer/cli.py in Pulp before 2.8.3 writes consumer private keys to etc/pki/pulp/consumer/consumer-cert.pem as world-readable, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain the consumer private keys and escalate privileges by reading /etc/pki/pulp/consumer/consumer-cert, and authenticating as a consumer user.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.19%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

82%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.19% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.19%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Pulpproject1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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