CVE-2016-9593

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-04-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-522

Description

foreman-debug before version 1.15.0 is vulnerable to a flaw in foreman-debug's logging. An attacker with access to the foreman log file would be able to view passwords, allowing them to access those systems.

Affected products

Red Hat Satellite 6: 6.0
foreman: before 1.15.0 — fixed in 1.15.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: foreman 1.15.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94985
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9593
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94985
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9593

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