CVE-2018-1097

foreman: Ovirt admin password exposed by foreman API

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A flaw was found in foreman before 1.16.1. The issue allows users with limited permissions for powering oVirt/RHV hosts on and off to discover the username and password used to connect to the compute resource.

Se ha descubierto un problema en versiones anteriores a la 1.16.1 de foreman. El problema permite que usuarios con permisos limitados para encender y apagar hosts oVirt/RHV descubran el nombre de usuario y la contraseña empleados para conectarse al recurso del ordenador.

Red Hat Satellite is a systems management tool for Linux-based infrastructure. It allows for provisioning, remote management, and monitoring of multiple Linux deployments with a single centralized tool. Issues addressed include cross site scripting, denial of service, deserialization, information leakage, and remote SQL injection vulnerabilities.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-12-04 CVE Reserved
2018-04-04 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/pull/5369	Issue Tracking

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927	2023-02-13
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1561723	2018-10-16
https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/22546	2023-02-13
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1097	2018-10-16

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Theforeman Search vendor "Theforeman"		Foreman Search vendor "Theforeman" for product "Foreman"				< 1.6.1 Search vendor "Theforeman" for product "Foreman" and version " < 1.6.1"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Satellite Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Satellite"				6.4 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Satellite" and version "6.4"		-		Affected