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CVE-2013-0173

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-05-08 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-310

Description

Foreman before 1.1 uses a salt of "foreman" to hash root passwords, which makes it easier for attackers to guess the password via a brute force attack.

Affected products

• foreman: through 1.0

References

• http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/2069
• http://theforeman.org/security.html
• http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/2069
• http://theforeman.org/security.html

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