CVE-2021-20259

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-06-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

A flaw was found in the Foreman project. The Proxmox compute resource exposes the password through the API to an authenticated local attacker with view_hosts permission. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. Versions before foreman_fog_proxmox 0.13.1 are affected

Affected products

theforeman Foremanfogproxmox: before 0.13.1 — fixed in 0.13.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: theforeman Foremanfogproxmox 0.13.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1932144
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1932144

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