Foreman
CVE-2017-7505
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization logic validation
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.31%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could bypass authorization checks to access restricted resources by sending crafted requests to the affected application. |
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Foreman since version 1.5 is vulnerable to an incorrect authorization check due to which users with user management permission who are assigned to some organization(s) can do all operations granted. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Review and test authorization logic, implement consistent access control checks, use centralized authorization framework.
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This vulnerability is classified as Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863), which allows attackers to bypass authorization checks to access restricted resources. Foreman since version 1.5 is vulnerable to an incorrect authorization check due to which users with user management permission who are assigned to some organization(s) can do all operations granted by these permissions on all administrator user object outside of their scope, such as editing global admin accounts including changing their passwords. Affected products include: Theforeman Foreman. Version information: version 1.5.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
Foreman since version 1.5 is vulnerable to an incorrect authorization check due to which users with user management permission who are assigned to some organization(s) can do all operations granted by these permissions on all administrator user object outside of their scope, such as editing global admin accounts including changing their passwords.
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EPSS
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
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The create method in app/controllers/users_controller.rb in Foreman before 1.2.0-RC2 allows remote authenticated users w
The Smart-Proxy in Foreman before 1.4.5 and 1.5.x before 1.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via
An authentication bypass flaw was found in the smart_proxy_dynflow component used by Foreman. Rated critical severity (C
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the search auto-completion functionality in Foreman before 1.4.4 allows remo
Eval injection vulnerability in tftp_api.rb in the TFTP module in the Smart-Proxy in Foreman before 1.10.4 and 1.11.x be
Authenticated users with low-level Viewer permissions in Red Hat Satellite 6.19 (and upstream Foreman) can exploit templ
An arbitrary code execution flaw was found in Foreman. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability is remotel
An arbitrary code execution flaw was found in Foreman. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability is remotel
Foreman 1.4.0 before 1.5.0 does not properly restrict access to provisioning template previews, which allows remote atta
Command injection in the Red Hat Satellite job invocation API (/api/v2/job_invocations), shipped via the rubygem-foreman
Remote code execution in Foreman's safemode-protected templating engine, shipped in Red Hat Satellite 6.19 for RHEL 9, l
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