CVE-2017-2672

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-06-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-312

Description

A flaw was found in foreman before version 1.15 in the logging of adding and registering images. An attacker with access to the foreman log file would be able to view passwords for provisioned systems in the log file, allowing them to access those systems.

Affected products

Red Hat Satellite 6: 6.3
foreman: before 1.15 — fixed in 1.15

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: foreman 1.15. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97526
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2672
https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/19169
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97526
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2672
https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/19169

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