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CVE-2019-3893

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-04-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-732

Description

In Foreman it was discovered that the delete compute resource operation, when executed from the Foreman API, leads to the disclosure of the plaintext password or token for the affected compute resource. A malicious user with the "delete_compute_resource" permission can use this flaw to take control over compute resources managed by foreman. Versions before 1.20.3, 1.21.1, 1.22.0 are vulnerable.

Affected products

• Red Hat Satellite 6: 6.0
• foreman: from 1.20.0 before 1.20.3; from 1.21.0 before 1.21.1 — fixed in 1.20.3, 1.21.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: foreman 1.20.3, 1.21.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/14/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107846
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3893
• https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/pull/6621
• https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/26450
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/14/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107846
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3893
• https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/pull/6621
• https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/26450

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