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medium 5.0

CVE-2015-1816 json

Forman before 1.7.4 does not verify SSL certificates for LDAP connections, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof LDAP servers v…

published 2015-08-14 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-1938

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 61%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Forman before 1.7.4 does not verify SSL certificates for LDAP connections, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof LDAP servers via a crafted certificate.

Patch / fix

  • v8 satellite capsule 6.1, satellite 6.1 1:3.14.5.10-11.el7sat
  • bsf satellite 6.1 2.4.0-19.el7
  • c3p0 satellite 6.1 0.9.1.2-3.ep6.el7
  • jsch satellite 6.1 0.1.50-5.el7
  • pulp satellite capsule 6.1, satellite 6.1 2.6.0.15-1.el7sat
  • sisu satellite 6.1 2.3.0-11.el7
  • cglib satellite 6.1 2.2-18.el7
  • gofer satellite capsule 6.1, satellite 6.1 2.6.2-2.el7sat

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:1591RHSA-2015:1592

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-2015-1816 updated cvss 4.0

foreman: lack of SSL certificate validation when performing LDAPS authentication

  • Red Hat OpenStack Foreman foreman Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) Installer foreman Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4 foreman
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.1 jansi 1.9-7.el7, bsf 2.4.0-19.el7, cglib 2.2-18.el7, guava 13.0-6.el7, xbean 3.13-6.el7, hawtjni 1.6-9.el7, +782 more Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.1 hiera 1.3.1-2.el7, hiera 1.0.0-3.el6_4, qpid-cpp 0.30-9.el6, qpid-cpp 0.30-9.el7, qpid-qmf 0.30-5.el6, qpid-qmf 0.30-5.el7, +268 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1592

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Exploit prediction

0.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 61% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Intel 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.