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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2016-7077 json

foreman before 1.14.0 is vulnerable to an information leak.

published 2018-09-10 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-7957

cvss
4.3
version 3.0, 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

foreman before 1.14.0 is vulnerable to an information leak. It was found that Foreman form helper does not authorize options for associated objects. Unauthorized user can see names of such objects if their count is less than 6.

Patch / fix

  • theforeman foreman 1.14.0
  • kobo satellite capsule 6.3, satellite 6.3 0.5.1-1.el7sat
  • pulp satellite capsule 6.3, satellite 6.3 2.13.4.6-1.el7sat
  • hiera satellite capsule 6.3, satellite 6.3 1.3.1-2.el7sat
  • foreman satellite capsule 6.3, satellite 6.3 1.15.6.34-1.el7sat
  • katello satellite capsule 6.3, satellite 6.3 3.4.5-15.el7sat
  • pulp-rpm satellite capsule 6.3, satellite 6.3 2.13.4.8-1.el7sat
  • candlepin satellite 6.3 2.1.14-1.el7
  • satellite satellite capsule 6.3, satellite 6.3 6.3.0-23.0.el7sat

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:0336

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-2016-7077 updated cvss 4.3

foreman: Foreman information leak through unauthorized multiple_checkboxes helper

  • Red Hat OpenStack Foreman foreman Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3 foreman Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) Installer foreman
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.3 kobo 0.5.1-1.el7sat, hiera 1.3.1-2.el7sat, candlepin 2.1.14-1.el7, pulp 2.13.4.6-1.el7sat, katello 3.4.5-15.el7sat, foreman 1.15.6.34-1.el7sat, +103 more Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.3 kobo 0.5.1-1.el7sat, hiera 1.3.1-2.el7sat, pulp 2.13.4.6-1.el7sat, katello 3.4.5-15.el7sat, foreman 1.15.6.34-1.el7sat, pulp-docker 2.4.1-2.el7sat, +64 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0336

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Exploit prediction

1.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • projects.theforeman.org https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/16971 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 4.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.0 4.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Foreman foreman

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-285 Improper Authorization
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

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.