Information Exposure Through Log Files Affecting foreman package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.31% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-FOREMAN-9846061
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed22 Jun 2016

Introduced: 22 Jun 2016

CVE-2016-4996  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-532  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 foreman.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream foreman package and not the foreman package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

discovery-debug in Foreman before 6.2 when the ssh service has been enabled on discovered nodes displays the root password in plaintext in the system journal when used to log in, which allows local users with access to the system journal to obtain the root password by reading the system journal, or by clicking Logs on the console.