CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-96659
9.1 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-10-01
- Last modified
- 2026-10-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.1 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-267
Description
A flaw was found in Foreman. This vulnerability allows an authenticated user with low-level Viewer permissions to cause unauthorized information disclosure by submitting requests to template preview endpoints. By exploiting this issue, the user can access sensitive data, such as host root passwords. Furthermore, under insecure system configurations where Safemode protections are disabled, the flaw may allow the user to execute arbitrary commands as the Foreman system account.
Affected configurations
• redhat satellite (>= 6.16 < 6.16.4)
• redhat satellite (>= 6.17 < 6.17.12)
• redhat satellite (>= 6.19 < 6.19.5)
• theforeman foreman (>= 1.9.0 <= 3.19.1)
• theforeman foreman 5.0.0
• redhat satellite (>= 6.18 < 6.18.10)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-267 Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions weakness
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74503 Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74504 Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74505 Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74506 Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96659 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2536844 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/07/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory