# CVE-2020-14296: Server-side request forgery in CloudForms

> An attacker with Ansible Tower provider access can exploit SSRF to scan and attack internal network systems in Red Hat CloudForms.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/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-2020-14296?

CVE-2020-14296 is a high-severity server-side request forgery 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 was vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) flaw. With the access to add Ansible Tower provider, an attacker could scan and attack systems from the internal network which are not normally accessible.

Weakness: CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14296?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Redhat Cloudforms Management Engine.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-14296?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2020-14296 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14296 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in CloudForms

- [CVE-2013-2068](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2068/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2014-8164](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-8164/): Security feature bypass in Red Hat CloudForms (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2020-14324](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14324/): Command injection in CloudForms (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2014-0087](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0087/): Missing authorization in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-7040](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-7040/): Command injection in n/a (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-14296 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-14296 is a high-severity server-side request forgery 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-2020-14296 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-2020-14296/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14296/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14296
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14296
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-14296

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14296/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.