foreman: Users with user management permission assigned to organization can manage user objects outside of the organization
Published May 26, 2017
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.59%
Description
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.
Affected products
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- Version 1.5 and higherStatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.2
- 1.5.3
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.1
- 1.6.3
- 1.7.0
- 1.7.0
- 1.7.0
- 1.7.1
- 1.7.2
- 1.7.3
- 1.7.4
- 1.7.5
- 1.8.0
- 1.8.0
- 1.8.0
- 1.8.0
- 1.8.1
- 1.8.2
- 1.8.3
- 1.8.4
- 1.9.0
- 1.9.0
- 1.9.0
- 1.9.0
- 1.9.1
- 1.9.2
- 1.9.3
- 1.10.0
- 1.10.0
- 1.10.0
- 1.10.0
- 1.10.1
- 1.10.2
- 1.10.3
- 1.10.4
- 1.11.0
- 1.11.0
- 1.11.0
- 1.11.0
- 1.11.1
- 1.11.2
- 1.11.3
- 1.11.4
- 1.12.0
- 1.12.0
- 1.12.0
- 1.12.0
- 1.12.1
- 1.12.2
- 1.12.3
- 1.12.4
- 1.13.0
- 1.13.0
- 1.13.0
- 1.13.1
- 1.13.2
- 1.13.3
- 1.13.4
- 1.14.0
- 1.14.0
- 1.14.0
- 1.14.0
- 1.14.1
- 1.14.2
- 1.14.3
- 1.15.0
- 1.15.0
- 1.15.0
No data.
Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3
foreman
Will not fix
Red Hat Satellite 6
foreman
Under investigation
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3 | foreman | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | foreman | Under investigation | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.59% (0.01588) | 74.76th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 1.59% (0.01588) | 74.53th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.19% (0.00194) | 57.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 0.19% (0.00194) | 56.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.20% (0.00202) | 56.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 30.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 12.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 24.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (7)
- http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/19612 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98607 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7505 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1454392 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/pull/4545 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7505
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7505
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/19612 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98607 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7505 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1454392 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/pull/4545 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7505 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7505 |
Change history (0)
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