# CVE-2014-8163: Path traversal in n/a

> An attacker can exploit a directory traversal flaw in the XMLRPC interface to read arbitrary files from the server.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Aug 2017
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hh6c-v4g7-xqmh

## What is CVE-2014-8163?

CVE-2014-8163 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Redhat Satellite, published on 28 Aug 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the XMLRPC interface in Red Hat Satellite 5.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8163?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Redhat Satellite.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-8163?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-8163 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-8163 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8163 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-8163 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-8163 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Redhat Satellite, published on 28 Aug 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8163 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-2014-8163/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-8163/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8163
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8163
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-8163

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