Foreman: foreman: api host template render discloses secrets to view_hosts users (incomplete cve-2026-96659 fix)
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8 | affected |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9 | affected |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 | affected |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.18 for RHEL 9 | affected |
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Vendor Workaround
Until a fix is deployed, remove view_hosts from untrusted users or block/restrict GET /api/v2/hosts/:id/template/:kind. Prefer granting only trusted administrators access that can view host provisioning output. Rotate host root credentials if Viewer-role users may have accessed this endpoint.
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Redhat satellite Capsule
Redhat satellite Maintenance Redhat satellite Utils |
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| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.16::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.16::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.17::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.18::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.17::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.18::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_maintenance:6.17::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_maintenance:6.18::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.16::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.16::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.17::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.18::el9 |
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Redhat satellite Capsule
Redhat satellite Maintenance Redhat satellite Utils |
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| Description | A flaw was found in Foreman. An authenticated user with view_hosts privileges can retrieve rendered provisioning template content for a host via the hosts template API endpoint, disclosing sensitive data such as the host root password. This is an incomplete fix of CVE-2026-96659, which hardened the web UI preview path but left the API host-template render path authorized for Viewer-level users. | |
| Title | Foreman: foreman: api host template render discloses secrets to view_hosts users (incomplete cve-2026-96659 fix) | |
| First Time appeared |
Redhat
Redhat satellite |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-862 | |
| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6 | |
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Redhat
Redhat satellite |
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cvssV3_1
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