CVE-2021-3584

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-12-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

A server side remote code execution vulnerability was found in Foreman project. A authenticated attacker could use Sendmail configuration options to overwrite the defaults and perform command injection. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity and availability of system. Fixed releases are 2.4.1, 2.5.1, 3.0.0.

Affected products

Red Hat Satellite 6: 6.0
foreman: before 2.4.1; from 2.5.0 before 2.5.1; 3.0.0-rc1, 3.0.0-rc2 — fixed in 2.4.1, 2.5.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: foreman 2.4.1, 2.5.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1968439
https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/pull/8599
https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/32753
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1968439
https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/pull/8599
https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/32753

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