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CVE-2009-4139

spacewalk-java: spacewalk: Red Hat Network Satellite: Spacewalk Java: Privilege escalation via cross-site request forgery

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.8

CVSS 3.1

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Published · July 27, 2011

Updated · October 31, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in Spacewalk Java site packages. This cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability allows a remote attacker to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users. This can lead to unauthorized actions, including disabling user accounts, adding new user accounts, or escalating privileges by modifying existing user accounts to have administrator access.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 6.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CWE-346 · Origin Validation Error