CVE-2011-3344 — Spacewalk: spacewalk: cross-site scripting via uri in lookup login/password form

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

• Documented patch — www.redhat.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

1. Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Red Hat Network Satellite, Red Hat Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.4, Red Hat Spacewalk).
2. The attack is network-based and needs no privileges: restrict exposure (ACLs, VPN, WAF) until patched.
3. Apply the fixed version or the patch documented under Remediation.
4. Exploitation requires user interaction: tighten email/web filtering and warn affected users.
5. Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (cross-site scripting), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-79 · Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Other CVEs with this weakness →

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

• Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).
• Monitor CSP violation reports and script payloads in reflected parameters.

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

• 2026
• Affected products added · red hat/red hat network satellite server v 5.4
  Oct 30, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
• Record published
  Oct 30, 2026
• Fix documented
  Oct 30, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Affected products added · redhat/network satellite, redhat/spacewalk
  Oct 30, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• CVSS changed · 5.4
  Oct 30, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Source status changed · → Modified
  Oct 30, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Record created in this database
  Oct 30, 2026 · Alertas do Telegram
• 2014
• CVE published
  Feb 5, 2014 · redhat

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

• 2× References added · Oct 30, 2026 – Oct 30, 2026
• 1× Official description updated · Oct 30, 2026 – Oct 30, 2026

References

8 on the record

• www.redhat.com/archives/spacewalk-announce-list/2011-December/msg00000.html
  Vendor Advisory, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
  Vendor Advisory, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1299.html
  Patch, Vendor Advisory, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3344
  vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• github.com/advisories/GHSA-fvhw-hg3x-xxxp
  GitHub Security Advisories
• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3344
  GitHub Security Advisories
• git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/spacewalk.git/commit/
  NIST National Vulnerability Database
• access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1299
  vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

Related CVEs (same products)

• Medium CVE-2012-0059 Spacewalk-backend: spacewalk-backend: information disclosure via cleartext passwords in error messages Feb 5, 2014
• Medium CVE-2011-2920 Spacewalk: spacewalk: cross-site scripting vulnerability allows arbitrary web script execution. Feb 5, 2014
• Medium CVE-2011-2927 Spacewalk: spacewalk and red hat network satellite: cross-site scripting vulnerability via search forms Feb 5, 2014
• Medium CVE-2011-1594 Spacewalk: spacewalk: open redirect vulnerability enables phishing attacks via url parameter Feb 5, 2014
• High CVE-2013-2056 Red hat network satellite: red hat network satellite: information disclosure via inter-satellite sync (iss) authentication bypass Jul 31, 2013
• Medium CVE-2011-4346 Satellite: xss in custom system information key handling Dec 10, 2011

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

• No CISA SSVC assessment.
• No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
• No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
• No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2011-3344 is "Spacewalk: spacewalk: cross-site scripting via uri in lookup login/password form", rated Medium. It affects Network Satellite (Red Hat); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 5.4 describes technical severity. EPSS 1.47% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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