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CVE-2018-1245 — Emc Rsa Identity Governance And Lifecycle security vulnerability

Critical CVSS 9

RSA Identity Lifecycle and Governance versions 7.0.1, 7.0.2 and 7.1.0 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability within the workflow architect component (ACM). A remote authenticated malicious user with non-admin privileges could potentially bypass the Java Security Policies. Once bypassed, a malicious user could potentially run arbitrary system commands at the OS level with application owner privileges on the affected system.

Severity
Critical
CVSS
9 (3.0)
Published
2018-07-13
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
java/maven
Weaknesses
CWE-863

Affected products

  • emc / rsa_identity_governance_and_lifecycle / 7.0.1
  • emc / rsa_identity_governance_and_lifecycle / 7.0.2
  • emc / rsa_identity_governance_and_lifecycle / 7.1.0

Matched remediation archetype

Authorization bypass, IDOR, and cross-tenant access

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Check exposure

  • Map object and action authorization checks across API, UI, batch, import/export, and background-job paths.
  • Identify tenant, ownership, role, and policy boundaries for affected resources and administrative operations.
  • Use synthetic fixtures to compare intended access matrices without accessing another user's real data.

Remediate safely

  • Enforce server-side authorization at each resource access and state transition using the authenticated principal and trusted tenant context.
  • Scope data queries by tenant and ownership; treat client-supplied identifiers, roles, and policy claims as untrusted.
  • Add deny-by-default policy tests for horizontal and vertical access across every affected transport.

Authoritative sources

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