# CVE-2020-14325: Auth bypass in CloudForms

> Attackers can impersonate super administrators via API requests, gaining full control over the CloudForms environment.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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:** Yes
- **Published:** 11 Aug 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024

## What is CVE-2020-14325?

CVE-2020-14325 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in CloudForms, published on 11 Aug 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Red Hat CloudForms before 5.11.7.0 was vulnerable to the User Impersonation authorization flaw which allows malicious attacker to create existent and non-existent role-based access control user, with groups and roles. With a selected group of EvmGroup-super_administrator, an attacker can perform any API request as a super administrator.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14325?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Redhat Cloudforms.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-14325?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2020-14325 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14325 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in CloudForms

- [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)
- [CVE-2016-4471](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-4471/): Code injection in n/a (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-14325 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-14325 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in CloudForms, published on 11 Aug 2020. 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-2020-14325 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-2020-14325/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14325/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14325
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14325
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-14325

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14325/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.