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CVE-2023-4886: Foreman: world readable file containing secrets

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 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: 2023-10-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

A sensitive information exposure vulnerability was found in foreman. Contents of tomcat's server.xml file, which contain passwords to candlepin's keystore and truststore, were found to be world readable.

Affected products

• Red Hat Satellite 6: 6.0
• foreman: before 3.8.0 — fixed in 3.8.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: foreman 3.8.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7851
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1061
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4886
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2230135
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7851
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1061
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4886
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2230135

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