- Critical 9.1
CVE-2026-96659
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.
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The facts
- Published
- 1 October 2026
- Last changed
- 16 October 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed
- Severity
- Critical, CVSS 9.1 out of 10 (version 3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- Affects
- redhat satellite
- theforeman foreman
- Known exploited
- Not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue in this build.
- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days (percentile 24).
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