# CVE-2013-7450: Hardcoded credentials in n/a

> Pulp uses a shared CA key and certificate across all installations, allowing attackers to bypass TLS validation or intercept traffic.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Apr 2017
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jc26-4cgx-755j

## What is CVE-2013-7450?

CVE-2013-7450 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Apr 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Pulp before 2.3.0 uses the same the same certificate authority key and certificate for all installations.

Weakness: CWE-295 (Improper Certificate Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-7450?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Pulpproject Pulp.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-7450?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-7450 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2013-7450 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-7450 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2015-5263](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5263/): Security feature bypass in n/a (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2016-3112](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3112/): Information disclosure in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2016-3108](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3108/): Path traversal in n/a (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2018-10917](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10917/): Path traversal in pulp (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2024-7143](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7143/): Pulpcore: rbac permissions incorrectly assigned in tasks that create objects (medium 6.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-7450 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-7450 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Apr 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-7450 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2013-7450/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-7450/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-7450
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7450
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-7450

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-7450/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.