# CVE-2020-10779: Missing authorization in CloudForms

> Attackers can bypass access controls to read sensitive data in Red Hat CloudForms due to missing privilege checks.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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:** Yes
- **Published:** 11 Aug 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024

## What is CVE-2020-10779?

CVE-2020-10779 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in CloudForms, published on 11 Aug 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Red Hat CloudForms 4.7 and 5 leads to insecure direct object references (IDOR) and functional level access control bypass due to missing privilege check. Therefore, if an attacker knows the right criteria, it is possible to access some sensitive data within the CloudForms.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-10779?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Redhat Cloudforms.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-10779?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2020-10779 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-10779 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in CloudForms

- [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-2020-10779 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-10779 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in CloudForms, published on 11 Aug 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-10779 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: CloudForms. 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-2020-10779/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10779/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-10779
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10779
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-10779

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10779/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.