Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2017-7497 is a tenant-isolation flaw in Red Hat CloudForms/CFME when creating cloud volumes with the Cinder provider. A user who can create storage volumes may be able to create them for another tenant, creating cross-tenant governance, confidentiality, integrity, and availability risk.
Executive priority
Treat this as a targeted medium-priority remediation item. It is not shown as actively exploited, but cross-tenant storage actions can create audit, data separation, and service-impact concerns in managed cloud environments.
Technical view
The CloudForms volume creation dialog for the Cinder provider did not filter cloud tenants by the current user. The CVSS 3.0 score is 4.1 with high privileges and high attack complexity, and low confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. The mapped weakness is CWE-284, improper access control.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to organizations running affected CloudForms/CFME deployments integrated with a Cinder cloud volume provider where users have volume creation rights. The source bundle does not name exact affected versions.
Exploitation context
The provided sources do not show active exploitation, and this CVE is not marked as CISA KEV. Abuse requires an authenticated user with permission to create storage volumes, so the main risk is insider, compromised account, or over-permissioned tenant administration activity.
Researcher notes
Evidence is limited to the CVE description and Red Hat advisory references. The bundle does not provide exact affected versions, package names, or detailed remediation text. Validate product applicability through the referenced Red Hat errata before scoping remediation.
Mitigation direction
- Review Red Hat advisories RHSA-2017:1601 and RHSA-2017:1758 for applicable fixes.
- Apply vendor-supported CloudForms/CFME updates where the advisories match your deployment.
- Restrict storage volume creation rights to trusted roles only.
- Review tenant access controls for Cinder-backed volume workflows.
- Monitor for volume creation activity under unexpected tenants.
Validation and detection
- Inventory CloudForms/CFME deployments using the Cinder provider.
- Confirm whether affected vendor advisories apply to installed versions.
- Review roles allowed to create cloud storage volumes.
- Check audit records for cross-tenant volume creation anomalies.
- Validate the create-volume workflow only exposes authorized tenants.
Public sources used
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CWE-284: Authorization and privilege behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 4.1 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L0.73.4Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.0 score
4.1MediumVector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7497CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- RHSA-2017:1601CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2017:1758CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
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CWE details
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Improper Access Control
Improper Access Control represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.