{"id":"CVE-2009-4139","title":"Spacewalk-java: spacewalk: red hat network satellite: spacewalk java: privilege escalation via cross-site request forgery","summary":"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 u…","severity":"medium","cvss":6.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-346"],"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"spacewalk-java","affected":["spacewalk-java (all versions)","rhnsd","rhnsd"],"published":"2011-07-27","updated":"2026-11-05","sourceUpdated":"2026-11-05T03:10:00.973Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4139","references":[{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1025674"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0879.html"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0879","label":"RHSA-2011:0879"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4139"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529483"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68074"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.00882,"epssPercentile":0.59273,"ingestedAt":"2026-11-05T21:36:00.726Z","slug":"CVE-2009-4139","body":"## Overview\n\nA 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `spacewalk-java (all versions)`\n- `rhnsd`\n- `rhnsd`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nMitigation 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.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":38,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":37.4,"likelihood":0.2,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}