# CVE-2009-4139: Spacewalk-java: spacewalk: red hat network satellite: spacewalk java: privilege escalation via cross-site request forgery

Status: published. Published: 2011-07-27. Updated: 2026-11-05.

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 user accounts, adding new user accounts, or escalating privileges by modifying existing user accounts to have administrator access.

## Remediation

- workaround: Mitigation 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. (source: CNA: redhat)

## Affected products and versions

- Red Hat / Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.4 (spacewalk-java): ≥ 0:1.2.39-85.el5sat; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (rhnsd): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rhnsd): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 6.8 (medium); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N; source: CNA: redhat

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 0.88% as of 2026-11-04; percentile 59.27%

- SSVC: Not available

- Weaknesses: CWE-346

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025674 (CNA: redhat)

- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0879.html (CNA: redhat)

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0879 (CNA: redhat; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4139 (CNA: redhat; vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529483 (CNA: redhat)

- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68074 (CNA: redhat)

- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025674 (ADP: CVE; vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred)

- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68074 (ADP: CVE; vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred)

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529483 (ADP: CVE; x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred)

- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0879.html (ADP: CVE; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred)

## Provenance

- CNA: redhat: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4139; retrieved 2026-11-05; source updated 2026-11-05

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2009-4139; retrieved 2026-11-05; source updated Not reported

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