Vulnerability · Published Oct 1, 2026 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2026-12423Foreman: unauthenticated information disclosure via provisioning token validation flaw
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity missing authentication in Red Hat Satellite 6 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 0.4% (higher than 33% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A flaw was found in Foreman. The Red Hat Satellite /unattended/provision API endpoint is vulnerable to an authentication bypass due to a semantic logic flaw in host_verifier.rb. The application verifies the database state of a provisioning token rather than its actual presence in the incoming HTTP request. Because a host actively undergoing provisioning has an unexpired token in the database, the server's valid_host_token? method evaluates to true, granting access to the kickstart template even if the requester provides no token at all in the URL.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| 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 6.18 for RHEL 9 | see references |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.19 for RHEL 9 | see references |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6 | see references |
Weakness: CWE-306 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
References
- RHSA-2026:74503 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:74504 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:74505 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:74506 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-12423 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2488956 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/07/10