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Vulnerability · Published Oct 1, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2026-96659Foreman: excessive permissions for viewer role on preview

Critical 9.1

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw in Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8 from Red Hat. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 28% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.1Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 71.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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 products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.18 for RHEL 9 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.19 for RHEL 9 see references

Weakness: CWE-267 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L

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