CVE-2026-5136

Foreman: foreman: privilege escalation to administrator-level access via usergroup role assignment manipulation

Published Jul 1, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 8.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A flaw was found in Foreman. The Usergroup model in Foreman does not properly validate role assignments against the calling user's permissions. This allows an authenticated user with usergroup management permissions to attach arbitrary roles, including administrative roles, to a user group and then add themselves as a member. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability leads to full privilege escalation, granting the attacker administrator-level access.

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.17::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.19::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.17::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.19::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_maintenance:6.17::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_maintenance:6.19::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.17::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.19::el9
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat satellite Capsule
Redhat satellite Maintenance
Redhat satellite Utils
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.16::el8
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.16::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:6.18::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_maintenance:6.16::el8
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_maintenance:6.16::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.16::el8
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.16::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.18::el9
Vendors & Products Redhat satellite Capsule
Redhat satellite Maintenance
Redhat satellite Utils
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Red Hat
Red Hat red Hat Satellite 6
Vendors & Products Red Hat
Red Hat red Hat Satellite 6
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A flaw was found in Foreman. The Usergroup model in Foreman does not properly validate role assignments against the calling user's permissions. This allows an authenticated user with usergroup management permissions to attach arbitrary roles, including administrative roles, to a user group and then add themselves as a member. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability leads to full privilege escalation, granting the attacker administrator-level access.
Title Foreman: foreman: privilege escalation to administrator-level access via usergroup role assignment manipulation
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat satellite
Weaknesses CWE-266
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat satellite
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Jul 2, 2026, 3:56 AM
Reserved
Mar 30, 2026, 10:47 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jul 1, 2026, 2:16 PM
Modified
Jul 9, 2026, 2:39 AM
Severity
Important
Public date
Jul 1, 2026, 12:28 PM