Red Hat Security Advisory: Satellite 6.17.0.1 Async Update
Red Hat Satellite is a system management solution that allows organizations to configure and maintain their systems without the necessity to provide public Internet access to their servers or other client systems. It performs provisioning and configuration management of predefined standard operating environments. Security Fix(es): * rubygem-rack: Unbounded-Parameter DoS in Rack::QueryParser (CVE-2025-46727) Users of Red Hat Satellite are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2025-46727 is an unbounded-parameter denial-of-service vulnerability in the Rack::QueryParser component of rubygem-rack, which is used by Red Hat Satellite. This vulnerability can be triggered by specially crafted requests that cause excessive resource consumption, leading to denial of service. Red Hat Satellite 6.17 and its Capsule and related packages are affected. Red Hat has issued an important security advisory (RHSA-2025:7604) and released updated packages that fix this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service condition on Red Hat Satellite systems by exhausting resources through unbounded parameter parsing. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time. The impact is limited to service availability disruption.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated packages for Red Hat Satellite 6.17 that fix this vulnerability. Users are advised to apply these updates promptly. Before applying the update, ensure all previously released errata relevant to the system have been applied. Detailed update instructions are available in Red Hat's official documentation. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory indicating an official fix is available.
Red Hat Security Advisory: Satellite 6.17.0.1 Async Update
Description
Red Hat Satellite is a system management solution that allows organizations to configure and maintain their systems without the necessity to provide public Internet access to their servers or other client systems. It performs provisioning and configuration management of predefined standard operating environments. Security Fix(es): * rubygem-rack: Unbounded-Parameter DoS in Rack::QueryParser (CVE-2025-46727) Users of Red Hat Satellite are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs.
Affected software
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Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2025-46727 is an unbounded-parameter denial-of-service vulnerability in the Rack::QueryParser component of rubygem-rack, which is used by Red Hat Satellite. This vulnerability can be triggered by specially crafted requests that cause excessive resource consumption, leading to denial of service. Red Hat Satellite 6.17 and its Capsule and related packages are affected. Red Hat has issued an important security advisory (RHSA-2025:7604) and released updated packages that fix this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service condition on Red Hat Satellite systems by exhausting resources through unbounded parameter parsing. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time. The impact is limited to service availability disruption.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated packages for Red Hat Satellite 6.17 that fix this vulnerability. Users are advised to apply these updates promptly. Before applying the update, ensure all previously released errata relevant to the system have been applied. Detailed update instructions are available in Red Hat's official documentation. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory indicating an official fix is available.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:8289
- Cve Count
- 1
Threat ID: 6a3da1d04853345fc1824bdb
Added to database: 06/25/2026, 21:46:56 UTC
Last enriched: 07/12/2026, 11:21:59 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:50 UTC
Views: 47
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