# CVE-2012-0059: Spacewalk-backend: spacewalk-backend: information disclosure via cleartext passwords in error messages

> Remote administrators can read server logs and emails to obtain cleartext user passwords exposed in error messages during failed registration calls.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 5 Feb 2014
- **Updated:** 2 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gqj9-6pwj-7952, RHSA-2012:0101, RHSA-2012:0102

## What is CVE-2012-0059?

CVE-2012-0059 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Satellite, published on 5 Feb 2014. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A flaw was found in Spacewalk-backend. This information disclosure vulnerability occurs when a system registration XML-RPC call fails, causing cleartext user passwords to be included in error messages. Remote administrators can exploit this by reading server logs and emails, leading to the unauthorized disclosure of user passwords.

Weakness: CWE-310, CWE-209 (Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-0059?

It affects 2 products.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `spacewalk-backend` | Red Hat:network_proxy:5.4::el5 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el5sat |
| `spacewalk-backend-libs` | Red Hat:network_proxy:5.4::el5 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el5sat |
| `spacewalk-backend` | Red Hat:network_proxy:5.4::el6 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el6sat |
| `spacewalk-backend-libs` | Red Hat:network_proxy:5.4::el6 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el6sat |
| `spacewalk-backend` | Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el5 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el5sat |
| `spacewalk-backend-app` | Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el5 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el5sat |
| `spacewalk-backend-applet` | Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el5 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el5sat |
| `spacewalk-backend-config-files` | Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el5 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el5sat |
| `spacewalk-backend-config-files-common` | Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el5 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el5sat |
| `spacewalk-backend-config-files-tool` | Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el5 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el5sat |
| `spacewalk-backend-iss` | Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el5 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el5sat |
| `spacewalk-backend-iss-export` | Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el5 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el5sat |
| `spacewalk-backend-libs` | Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el5 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el5sat |
| `spacewalk-backend-package-push-server` | Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el5 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el5sat |
| `spacewalk-backend-server` | Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el5 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el5sat |
| `spacewalk-backend-sql` | Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el5 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el5sat |
| `spacewalk-backend-sql-oracle` | Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el5 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el5sat |
| `spacewalk-backend-tools` | Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el5 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el5sat |
| `spacewalk-backend-upload-server` | Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el5 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el5sat |
| `spacewalk-backend-xml-export-libs` | Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el5 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el5sat |
| `spacewalk-backend-xmlrpc` | Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el5 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el5sat |
| `spacewalk-backend-xp` | Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el5 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el5sat |
| `spacewalk-backend` | Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el6 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el6sat |
| `spacewalk-backend-app` | Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el6 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el6sat |
| `spacewalk-backend-applet` | Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el6 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el6sat |
| `spacewalk-backend-config-files` | Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el6 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el6sat |
| `spacewalk-backend-config-files-common` | Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el6 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el6sat |
| `spacewalk-backend-config-files-tool` | Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el6 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el6sat |
| `spacewalk-backend-iss` | Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el6 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el6sat |
| `spacewalk-backend-iss-export` | Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el6 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el6sat |
| `spacewalk-backend-libs` | Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el6 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el6sat |
| `spacewalk-backend-package-push-server` | Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el6 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el6sat |
| `spacewalk-backend-server` | Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el6 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el6sat |
| `spacewalk-backend-sql` | Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el6 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el6sat |
| `spacewalk-backend-sql-oracle` | Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el6 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el6sat |
| `spacewalk-backend-tools` | Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el6 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el6sat |
| `spacewalk-backend-upload-server` | Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el6 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el6sat |
| `spacewalk-backend-xml-export-libs` | Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el6 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el6sat |
| `spacewalk-backend-xmlrpc` | Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el6 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el6sat |
| `spacewalk-backend-xp` | Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el6 | All versions | 0:1.2.13-66.el6sat |

Products: Redhat Network Proxy, Redhat Satellite.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-0059?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2012-0059 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0059 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Satellite

- [CVE-2010-2236](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-2236/): Command injection in n/a (medium 6.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-0059 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2012-0059 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Satellite, published on 5 Feb 2014. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0059 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Redhat Satellite. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-0059/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-0059/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0059
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0059
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-0059

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-0059/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.