Skip to content
Fencer Vulns
critical 9.1

CVE-2023-0118 json

Foreman: arbitrary code execution through templates

published 2023-09-20 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-12208

cvss
9.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.4%
EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 72%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An arbitrary code execution flaw was found in Foreman. This flaw allows an admin user to bypass safe mode in templates and execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system.

Patch / fix

  • Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.11 for RHEL 7 0:3.1.1.27-1.el7sat
  • Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.11 for RHEL 8 0:3.1.1.27-1.el8sat
  • Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.12 for RHEL 8 0:1.3.8-1.el8sat
  • Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.13 for RHEL 8 0:1.3.8-1.el8sat
  • Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.14 for RHEL 8 0:3.7.0.9-1.el8sat
  • foreman satellite utils 6.14, satellite capsule 6.14, satellite 6.14 3.7.0.9-1.el8sat
  • foreman-cli satellite utils 6.14, satellite 6.14 3.7.0.9-1.el8sat
  • foreman-ec2 satellite 6.14 3.7.0.9-1.el8sat
  • rubygem-git satellite 6.14, satellite 6.12 1.18.0-1.el8sat
  • puppet-agent satellite capsule 6.14, satellite capsule 6.12, satellite capsule 6.11 +3 more 7.26.0-3.el8sat
  • puppetserver satellite capsule 6.14, satellite 6.14 7.11.0-1.el8sat
  • rubygem-rack satellite capsule 6.14, satellite 6.14 2.2.7-1.el8sat
  • foreman-ovirt satellite 6.14 3.7.0.9-1.el8sat

red hat advisories RHSA-2023:6818RHSA-2023:5980RHSA-2023:5979RHSA-2023:4466

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-0118 updated cvss 9.1

Foreman: Arbitrary code execution through templates

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.11 for RHEL 7 foreman 3.1.1.27-1.el7sat, foreman-cli 3.1.1.27-1.el7sat, foreman-ec2 3.1.1.27-1.el7sat, foreman-gce 3.1.1.27-1.el7sat, foreman-ovirt 3.1.1.27-1.el7sat, foreman-vmware 3.1.1.27-1.el7sat, +7 more Red Hat Satellite 6.11 for RHEL 8 foreman 3.1.1.27-1.el8sat, foreman-cli 3.1.1.27-1.el8sat, foreman-ec2 3.1.1.27-1.el8sat, foreman-gce 3.1.1.27-1.el8sat, foreman-ovirt 3.1.1.27-1.el8sat, foreman-vmware 3.1.1.27-1.el8sat, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:5980
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.12 for RHEL 8 rubygem-safemode 1.3.8-1.el8sat
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:5979
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.13 for RHEL 8 rubygem-safemode 1.3.8-1.el8sat
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4466
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.14 for RHEL 8 foreman 3.7.0.9-1.el8sat, foreman-cli 3.7.0.9-1.el8sat, foreman-ec2 3.7.0.9-1.el8sat, foreman-ovirt 3.7.0.9-1.el8sat, foreman-redis 3.7.0.9-1.el8sat, foreman-vmware 3.7.0.9-1.el8sat, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:6818
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.11 for RHEL 7 satellite 6.11.5.6-1.el7sat, puppet-agent 7.26.0-3.el7sat, satellite-cli 6.11.5.6-1.el7sat, tfm-rubygem-git 1.18.0-0.1.el7sat, satellite-common 6.11.5.6-1.el7sat, satellite-capsule 6.11.5.6-1.el7sat, +3 more Red Hat Satellite 6.11 for RHEL 8 satellite 6.11.5.6-1.el8sat, puppet-agent 7.26.0-3.el8sat, rubygem-git 1.18.0-0.1.el8sat, satellite-cli 6.11.5.6-1.el8sat, rubygem-rchardet 1.8.0-0.1.el8sat, rubygem-safemode 1.3.8-0.1.el8sat, +3 more Red Hat Satellite 6.12 for RHEL 8 foreman 3.3.0.23-1.el8sat, rubygem-git 1.18.0-1.el8sat, satellite 6.12.5.2-1.el8sat, puppet-agent 7.26.0-3.el8sat, foreman-cli 3.3.0.23-1.el8sat, foreman-ec2 3.3.0.23-1.el8sat, +14 more Red Hat Satellite 6.13 for RHEL 8 foreman 3.5.1.19-1.el8sat, satellite 6.13.3-1.el8sat, python-future 0.18.3-1.el8pc, foreman-cli 3.5.1.19-1.el8sat, foreman-ec2 3.5.1.19-1.el8sat, satellite-cli 6.13.3-1.el8sat, +21 more Red Hat Satellite 6.14 for RHEL 8 cjson 1.7.14-5.el8sat, katello 4.9.0-1.el8sat, libsolv 0.7.22-4.el8pc, libcomps 0.1.18-4.el8pc, python-idna 3.3-2.el8pc, candlepin 4.3.1-1.el8sat, +656 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

1.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.11 for RHEL 7
  • Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.11 for RHEL 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.12 for RHEL 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.13 for RHEL 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.14 for RHEL 8

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.