{"id":"CVE-2026-96659","published":"2026-10-01T16:23:23Z","modified":"2026-10-16T12:18:17Z","title":"Foreman: excessive permissions for viewer role on preview","vendor":"Red Hat","product":"Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8","tier":"tail","description":{"text":"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.","provenance":"source","from":"CVE.org"},"cvss":{"score":9.1,"severity":"CRITICAL","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L","provenance":"source","from":"CVE.org CNA"},"epss":{"score":0.00347,"percentile":0.28273,"provenance":"source"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-267","name":"Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions"}],"references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74503","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_REDHAT"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74504","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_REDHAT"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74505","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_REDHAT"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74506","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_REDHAT"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96659","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_REDHAT"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2536844","tags":["issue-tracking","x_refsource_REDHAT"]},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/07/1","tags":[]}],"priority":{"score":12.0,"factors":[{"name":"EPSS percentile","points":5.65},{"name":"CVSS severity","points":6.37}]},"vendorSlug":"red-hat","affectedVersions":[{"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8","versions":["all versions"]},{"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9","versions":["all versions"]},{"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9","versions":["all versions"]},{"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9","versions":["all versions"]},{"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9","versions":["all versions"]},{"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9","versions":["all versions"]},{"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9","versions":["all versions"]},{"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9","versions":["all versions"]},{"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9","versions":["all versions"]},{"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9","versions":["all versions"]}],"euvd":{"id":"EUVD-2026-90920","exploited":false,"provenance":"source"}}