CVE-2026-96659
criticalA flaw was found in Foreman.
Vendor / product: Redhat — satellite
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.
CVSS
9.1
9.1 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (secalert@redhat.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-10-01 17:17
Modified: 2026-10-16 13:33
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 2 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 ≥1.9.0 ≤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-2026-96659
Vendor advisory: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2536844
Patch / mitigation: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/07/1
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-2026-96659 secalert@redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2536844 secalert@redhat.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/07/1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:56 UTC · record ↗