foreman before 1.14.0 is vulnerable to an information leak.

Published 8 y ago 2018-09-10 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

4.3

v3.0 · CNA

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

1.4%

percentile 72%

Public exploits

none known

foreman before 1.14.0 is vulnerable to an information leak. It was found that Foreman form helper does not authorize options for associated objects. Unauthorized user can see names of such objects if their count is less than 6.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.37% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
CNA	3.0	4.3	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`
CNA	3.0	4.3	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`
NVD	3.0	4.3	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`
NVD	2.0	4.0	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N`

Affected products

Foreman foreman

Classification

Weakness

CWE-285 Improper Authorization
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

theforeman.org /security.html#2016-7077 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7077 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/94230 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
projects.theforeman.org /issues/16971 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2016-7077
NVD: CVE-2016-7077

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