CVE-2020-7198 There is a remote escalation of privilege possible for a malicious user that has a OneView account in OneView and Synergy Composer.
High 8.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-7198 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2020-7198 is a high-severity vulnerability in HP OneView; HPE Synergy Composer; HPE Synergy Composer 2, published on 6 Nov 2020.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7198 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: HP OneView; HPE Synergy Composer; HPE Synergy Composer 2. 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-2020-7198/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7198/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-7198?
CVE-2020-7198 is a high-severity vulnerability in HP OneView; HPE Synergy Composer; HPE Synergy Composer 2, published on 6 Nov 2020.
Official description
There is a remote escalation of privilege possible for a malicious user that has a OneView account in OneView and Synergy Composer. HPE has provided updates to Oneview and Synergy Composer: Update to version 5.5 of OneView, Composer, or Composer2.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-7198?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Hp Oneview, Hp Synergy Composer, Hp Synergy Composer 2.
How do I fix CVE-2020-7198?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-7198 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-7198 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7198 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in HP OneView; HPE Synergy Composer; HPE Synergy Composer 2
Sources
Also known as GHSA-74j4-4jv7-68pg.