Incorrect Authorization Affecting foreman-cli package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-FOREMANCLI-4455103
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed22 May 2017

Introduced: 22 May 2017

CVE-2017-7505  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-863  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 foreman-cli.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream foreman-cli package and not the foreman-cli package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Foreman since version 1.5 is vulnerable to an incorrect authorization check due to which users with user management permission who are assigned to some organization(s) can do all operations granted by these permissions on all administrator user object outside of their scope, such as editing global admin accounts including changing their passwords.