CVE-2009-4139
spacewalk-java: spacewalk: Red Hat Network Satellite: Spacewalk Java: Privilege escalation via cross-site request forgery
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
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
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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 · 6.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE-346 · Origin Validation Error