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TI-2015-04394 Aliases CVE-2015-5233GHSA-m3c3-hv22-w332

Foreman before 1.8.4 and 1.9.x before 1.9.1 do not properly apply view_hosts permissions…

Priority LOW 22CWE-264Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 2 fixed, 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-264.

Summary

Foreman before 1.8.4 and 1.9.x before 1.9.1 do not properly apply view_hosts permissions, which allows (1) remote authenticated users with the view_reports permission to read reports from arbitrary hosts or (2) remote authenticated users with the destroy_reports permission to delete reports from arbitrary hosts via direct access to the (a) individual report show/delete pages or (b) APIs.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01164 67th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 2 fixed, 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:theforeman:foreman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.8.3VulnerableThe Foreman Project
cpe:2.3:a:theforeman:foreman:1.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.9.0VulnerableThe Foreman Project
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.1VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:theforeman:foreman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.8.3 Vulnerable ·The Foreman Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:theforeman:foreman:1.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.9.0 Vulnerable ·The Foreman Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.1 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2015:2622 Released 2015-12-15 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Satellite 6.1.5 bug fix update
    • Red Hat Satellite 6.1 foreman-1.7.2.49-1.el6_6sat, foreman-1.7.2.49-1.el7sat, foreman-compute-1.7.2.49-1.el6_6sat +47
    • Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.1 capsule-installer-2.3.22-1.el6, capsule-installer-2.3.22-1.el7sat, foreman-1.7.2.49-1.el6_6sat +40

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
OpenStack ForemanAffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) InstallerAffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Satellite 6.1Fixed RHSA-2015:2622
Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.1Fixed RHSA-2015:2622

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-5233
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m3c3-hv22-w332

References

Patch 1

Advisory 2

Sources

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