CVE-2026-96659 (GCVE-0-2026-96659)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-01 16:23 – Updated: 2026-10-01 23:26
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Foreman: excessive permissions for viewer role on preview
Summary
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.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
CWE
- CWE-267 - Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74503 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74504 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74506 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96659 | vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2536844 | issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT |
Impacted products
4 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8 |
Unaffected:
0:3.12.0.23-1.el8sat , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.16::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.16::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.16::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.16::el9 |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9 |
Unaffected:
0:3.12.0.23-1.el9sat , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.16::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.16::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.16::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.16::el9 |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.18 for RHEL 9 |
Unaffected:
0:3.16.0.25-1.el9sat , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.18::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.18::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.18::el9 |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.19 for RHEL 9 |
Unaffected:
0:3.18.0.14-1.el9sat , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.19::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.19::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.19::el9 |
Date Public
2026-10-01 00:00
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