Red Hat Satellite was affected by an improper authentication in which few factors allow for someone to use the SCA (simple content access) certificate for authentication with Candlepin. The SCA certificates are purposed only for authorizing content access against the CDN (or Pulp in case of Satellite).
Candlepin versions 3.1.28-2, 3.2.21-1, 4.1.8-1 and earlier are affected.
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Satellite 6.10 for RHEL 7 Via RHSA-2022:0790 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0790
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s): https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-4142
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Satellite 6.11 for RHEL 7 Red Hat Satellite 6.11 for RHEL 8 Via RHSA-2022:5498 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5498