TI-2021-02432 Aliases CVE-2021-3469 GHSA-gfhf-42qr-7pgh

Incorrect authorization in Foreman

LOW 24CWE-863Published 2021-06-03 · Updated 2024-08-03

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · Low · Low
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-863.

Summary

Foreman versions before 2.3.4 and before 2.4.0 is affected by an improper authorization handling flaw. An authenticated attacker can impersonate the foreman-proxy if product enable the Puppet Certificate authority (CA) to sign certificate requests that have subject alternative names (SANs). Foreman do not enable SANs by default and `allow-authorization-extensions` is set to `false` unless user change `/etc/puppetlabs/puppetserver/conf.d/ca.conf` configuration explicitly.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00331 26th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	Foreman	foreman 2.3.4, foreman 2.4.0	—	No fix listed	CNA

Foreman Vendor— Affected foreman 2.3.4, foreman 2.4.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:theforeman:foreman::::::::	before 2.3.4	Vulnerable	The Foreman Project

cpe:2.3:a:theforeman:foreman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.3.4 Vulnerable ·The Foreman Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat Satellite 6

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-3469
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gfhf-42qr-7pgh

References

Advisory 1

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1943630

TI-2026-01620 Forman: foreman: remote code execution via command injection in websocket proxy CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2018-10506 Improper authentication in [UNKNOWN] smart_proxy_dynflow CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2013-01890 Eval injection vulnerability in the create method in the Bookmarks controller in Foreman… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.0
TI-2013-01882 The create method in app/controllers/users_controller.rb in Foreman before 1.2.0-RC2… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.0
TI-2022-03551 Os command injection via ct_command and fcct_command CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
TI-2023-00113 Foreman: arbitrary code execution through templates CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1

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Sources

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