CVE-2026-96658
highA flaw was found in Foreman.
Vendor / product: Redhat — satellite
A flaw was found in Foreman. This vulnerability allows an authenticated remote attacker with low-level read permissions to achieve arbitrary code execution on the underlying server. By manipulating the permitted methods list within the template rendering engine, an attacker can bypass the safemode sandbox isolation and execute unauthorized commands directly on the host system.
CVSS
8.8
8.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (secalert@redhat.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-10-01 17:17
Modified: 2026-10-18 07:16
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 3 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:56 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
redhat / satellite ≥6.16 <6.16.4, ≥6.17 <6.17.12, ≥6.19 <6.19.5, ≥6.18 <6.18.10
theforeman / foreman <2.0.1, 3.19.0, 3.19.1, 5.0.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
Vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74503
Vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74504
Vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74505
Vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74506
Vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96658
Vendor advisory: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2534185
Patch / mitigation: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/07/2
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74503 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74504 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74505 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74506 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96658 secalert@redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2534185 secalert@redhat.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/07/2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:56 UTC · record ↗