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Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-5604 · published 1 March 2013

CVE-2012-5604: Redhat cloudforms permissions and access controls vulnerability

Redhat · Cloudforms

The ldap_fluff gem for Ruby, as used in Red Hat CloudForms 1.1, when using Active Directory for authentication, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via unspecified vectors.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 1.8% · top 23.0% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
1.8%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The ldap_fluff gem for Ruby, as used in Red Hat CloudForms 1.1, when using Active Directory for authentication, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via unspecified vectors.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0544.html Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=882136
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0544.html Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=882136

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-5604), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-30). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.