Vulnerability in Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8

[ Why it matters ]Priority signals

• Critical severity: CVSS 9.1

[ Description ]Official description

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.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

• Patch on openwall.comVendor patch or bulletin · NVD · Reference tagged 'Patch' by NVD

[ Advisories ]Government CERT advisories

• BSI CERT-Bund1 Oct 2026WID-SEC-2026-3712

  Foreman: Multiple vulnerabilities Translated from German

  CVE-2026-12540CVE-2026-12541CVE-2026-12542+4 more CVEs

[ References ]References

• access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74503Vendor Advisory
• access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74504Vendor Advisory
• access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74505Vendor Advisory
• access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74506Vendor Advisory
• access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96659Vendor Advisory
• bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgiIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
• www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/07/1Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory