Foreman: foreman: privilege escalation to administrator-level access via usergroup role assignment manipulation (Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.56 % · percentile 46 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
A flaw was found in Foreman. The Usergroup model in Foreman does not properly validate role assignments against the calling user's permissions. This allows an authenticated user with usergroup management permissions to attach arbitrary roles, including administrative roles, to a user group and then add themselves as a member. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability leads to full privilege escalation, granting the attacker administrator-level access.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-266 — Incorrect Privilege Assignment
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | redhat |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-40959
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-5136
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.16 < 6.16.10cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.17 < 6.17.9cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.18 < 6.18.7cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.19 < 6.19.2cpe:2.3:a:theforeman:foreman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 3.18.2cpe:2.3:a:theforeman:foreman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 3.19.0 < 3.19.1
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Red Hat · Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8 | unaffected 0:3.12.0.17-1.el8sat < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9 | unaffected 0:3.12.0.17-1.el9sat < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 | unaffected 0:3.14.0.17-1.el9sat < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Satellite 6.18 for RHEL 9 | unaffected 0:3.16.0.17-1.el9sat < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Satellite 6.19 for RHEL 9 | unaffected 0:3.18.0.7-1.el9sat < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Satellite 6 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |