CVE-2026-56097
Description
A flaw was found in rubygem-katello. An SQL injection vulnerability exists in the Red Hat Satellite Katello Registry Proxy. The application fails to sanitize input parameters used in database queries within the RegistryProxiesController. The methods check_blob_push_org_label and get_matching_products_from_org take user-supplied labels directly from the request path and interpolate them into raw SQL fragments. This flaw is accessible to a user with only the create_personal_access_tokens permission, even if the user access is restricted, with no Organization or Location assigned.
Statement
Global data exfiltration: low privileged users can bypass all logical data separation and multi-tenancy restrictions to dump the entire PostgreSQL database, including sensitive tables such as users and settings.
Vertical privilege escalation: by exfiltrating the users table, password hashes for administrative accounts (e.g., admin) can be recovered and cracked offline. No cleartext credentials were found, other sensitive credentials such as PATs and session_id are also hashed.
The Ruby pg driver used by ActiveRecord does not support stacked queries. This prevents the execution of direct DML/DDL statements (e.g., UPDATE, INSERT, DROP) through this specific injection vector. Therefore, the injection context is limited to SELECT statement fragments.
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.
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
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CVSS v3 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 6.5 | N/A | 6.5 |
| Attack Vector | Network | N/A | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low | N/A | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low | N/A | Low |
| User Interaction | None | N/A | None |
| Scope | Unchanged | N/A | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High | N/A | High |
| Integrity Impact | None | N/A | None |
| Availability Impact | None | N/A | None |
Vector
Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
cve.org: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Acknowledgements
This issue was discovered by Laura Pardo (Red Hat) and Toni Gornals (Red Hat).
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