CertificationApplication · Redhat
CVE-2018-10865
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIt was discovered that the /configuration view of redhat-certification 7 does not perform an authorization check and it allows an unauthenticated user to call a "restart" RPC method on any host accessible by the system, even if not belonging to him.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe /configuration view in redhat-certification 7 lacks authorization checks, allowing unauthenticated attackers to invoke a 'restart' RPC method on any host the system can access, regardless of whether the attacker has ownership or legitimate access to those hosts.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
CertificationApplication
= 7.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify redhat-certification versionCheck the installed version of redhat-certification (e.g., rpm -q redhat-certification, pip show redhat-certification, or check /opt/ directory for version files)Affected if Version is exactly 7.0 (the only affected version listed)
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Locate the /configuration viewSearch for web application files or configuration endpoints that expose a /configuration route (common paths: /opt/redhat-certification/, /var/www/, or application root directories)Affected if The /configuration view exists in the deployment and is accessible via HTTP/HTTPS
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Test unauthenticated access to /configurationAttempt to access the /configuration endpoint without providing any authentication credentials (curl http://TARGET/configuration or curl http://TARGET:PORT/configuration)Affected if The endpoint returns a successful response without requiring login or API key
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Test RPC method invocation without authorizationSend a POST request to the /configuration endpoint with the 'restart' RPC method targeting any host (e.g., curl -X POST -d '{"method":"restart","host":"TARGET_HOST"}' http://TARGET/configuration) without authenticationAffected if The request succeeds and the system accepts the RPC call without verifying user ownership or authentication
A user is affected if redhat-certification version 7.0 is installed AND the /configuration endpoint is accessible and allows unauthenticated RPC method invocation.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement proper authentication and role-based authorization on the /configuration view to ensure only authenticated, authorized users can invoke RPC methods, with ownership validation to restrict operations to resources belonging to the user.
Fix this in Certification
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA3.0 h
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