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Vulnerability · CVE-2026-96659

Foreman: excessive permissions for viewer role on preview

Published Oct 1, 2026 · catalog updated Oct 16, 2026 · Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-96659. EPSS is 0.32%. Act only if a listed version of Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8 is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Critical9.1
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.32%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
vendor Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8 · vendor Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9 · vendor Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9

A flaw was found in Foreman. This vulnerability allows an authenticated user with low-level Viewer permissions to cause unauthorized information disclosure by submitting requests to template preview endpoints. By exploiting this issue, the user can access sensitive data, such as host root passwords. Furthermore, under insecure system configurations where Safemode protections are disabled, the flaw may allow the user to execute arbitrary commands as the Foreman system account.

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  • vendor Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8version unspecified
  • vendor Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9version unspecified
  • vendor Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9version unspecified

How to fix CVE-2026-96659

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-96659. EPSS is 0.32%. Act only if a listed version of Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8 is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-267. EPSS 0.32%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 16, 2026 · Tenable CVE Database

    Detected

    A flaw was found in Foreman. This vulnerability allows an authenticated user with low-level Viewer permissions to cause unauthorized information disclosure by submitting requests to template preview endpoints. By exploiting this issue, the user can access sensitive data, such as host root passwords. Furthermore, under insecure system configurations where Safemode protections are disabled, the flaw

  2. Oct 16, 2026 · CVE.org

    Updated

    A flaw was found in Foreman. This vulnerability allows an authenticated user with low-level Viewer permissions to cause unauthorized information disclosure by submitting requests to template preview endpoints. By exploiting this issue, the user can access sensitive data, such as host root passwords. Furthermore, under insecure system configurations where Safemode protections are disabled, the flaw

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-96659

    A flaw was found in Foreman. This vulnerability allows an authenticated user with low-level Viewer permissions to cause unauthorized information disclosure by submitting requests to template preview endpoints. By exploiting this issue, the user can access sensitive data, such as

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-96659

    30-day exploitation probability 0.3%

    first.org
  • Tenable CVE DatabaseVulnerability recordCVE-2026-96659

    A flaw was found in Foreman. This vulnerability allows an authenticated user with low-level Viewer permissions to cause unauthorized information disclosure by submitting requests to template preview endpoints. By exploiting this issue, the user can access sensitive data, such as host root passwords. Furthermore, under insecure system configurations where Safemode protections are disabled, the flaw

    tenable.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.