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TI-2023-04498 Aliases CVE-2023-4886GHSA-r2mj-49jv-4jq7

Foreman: world readable file containing secrets

Priority LOW 31CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

A sensitive information exposure vulnerability was found in foreman. Contents of tomcat's server.xml file, which contain passwords to candlepin's keystore and truststore, were found to be world readable.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00288 21st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Red HatRed Hat Satellite 6.13 for RHEL 8—3.5.1.24-1.el8satPatch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Satellite 6.14 for RHEL 8—3.7.0.10-1.el8satPatch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Satellite 6.14 for RHEL 8—1:3.7.0.5-1.el8satPatch availableCNA
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.13 for RHEL 8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 3.5.1.24-1.el8sat Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.14 for RHEL 8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 3.7.0.10-1.el8sat Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.14 for RHEL 8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1:3.7.0.5-1.el8sat Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:theforeman:foreman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 3.8.0VulnerableThe Foreman Project
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:theforeman:foreman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.8.0 Vulnerable ·The Foreman Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2024:1061 Released 2024-02-29 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat Satellite 6 security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Satellite 6.13 for RHEL 8 foreman-3.5.1.24-1.el8sat, foreman-cli-3.5.1.24-1.el8sat, foreman-debug-3.5.1.24-1.el8sat +11
  • RHSA-2023:7851 Released 2023-12-14 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Satellite 6.14.1 Async Security Update
    • Red Hat Satellite 6.14 for RHEL 8 createrepo_c-1.0.2-2.el8pc, createrepo_c-libs-1.0.2-2.el8pc, foreman-3.7.0.10-1.el8sat +47

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Satellite 6.13 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2024:1061
Red Hat Satellite 6.14 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2023:7851
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.13 for RHEL 8
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.14 for RHEL 8

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-4886
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r2mj-49jv-4jq7

References

Advisory 4

  • TI-2016-02888 Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u113, 7u99, and 8u77; Java SE Embedded 8u77… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2015-02278 Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u95, 7u80, and 8u45, and Java SE Embedded… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-35991 Starlette has missing Host header validation that poisons request.url.path, bypassing path-based security checks KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2015-04118 Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u101, 7u85, and 8u60 allows remote attackers… KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2018-07743 It was found that cobbler 2.6.x exposed all functions from its CobblerXMLRPCInterface… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
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