# CVE-2017-2632: Privilege escalation in cfme

> A logic error in CloudForms allows tenant administrators to create groups with excessive privileges, enabling privilege escalation.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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:** 27 Jul 2018
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-859c-mmxf-c34p

## What is CVE-2017-2632?

CVE-2017-2632 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat cfme, published on 27 Jul 2018. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A logic error in valid_role() in CloudForms role validation before 5.7.1.3 could allow a tenant administrator to create groups with a higher privilege level than the tenant administrator should have. This would allow an attacker with tenant administration access to elevate privileges.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization), CWE-285 (Improper Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-2632?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Redhat Cloudforms, Redhat Cloudforms Management Engine.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-2632?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2017-2632 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2632 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Red Hat cfme

- [CVE-2020-14325](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14325/): Auth bypass in CloudForms (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2014-0197](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0197/): Cross-site request forgery in CFME (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-5402](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-5402/): Code injection in cfme (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-7071](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-7071/): Missing authorization in CFME (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-7530](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7530/): Missing authorization in cfme (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-2632 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-2632 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat cfme, published on 27 Jul 2018. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2632 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Red Hat cfme. 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-2017-2632/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-2632/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2632
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2632
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-2632

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