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CVE-2015-5233 json

Foreman before 1.8.4 and 1.9.x before 1.9.1 do not properly apply view_hosts permissions, which allows (1) remote authenticated users with…

published 2016-04-11 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-5229

cvss
4.2
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 67%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Foreman before 1.8.4 and 1.9.x before 1.9.1 do not properly apply view_hosts permissions, which allows (1) remote authenticated users with the view_reports permission to read reports from arbitrary hosts or (2) remote authenticated users with the destroy_reports permission to delete reports from arbitrary hosts via direct access to the (a) individual report show/delete pages or (b) APIs.

Patch / fix

  • gofer satellite capsule 6.1, satellite 6.1 2.6.8-1.el6
  • gofer satellite capsule 6.1, satellite 6.1 2.6.8-1.el7sat
  • foreman satellite capsule 6.1, satellite 6.1 1.7.2.49-1.el6_6sat
  • foreman satellite capsule 6.1, satellite 6.1 1.7.2.49-1.el7sat
  • foreman-gce satellite 6.1 1.7.2.49-1.el6_6sat
  • foreman-gce satellite 6.1 1.7.2.49-1.el7sat
  • python-qpid satellite capsule 6.1, satellite 6.1 0.30-7.el6
  • python-qpid satellite capsule 6.1, satellite 6.1 0.30-7.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:2622

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-2015-5233 updated cvss 5.5

foreman: reports show/destroy not restricted by host authorization

  • Red Hat OpenStack Foreman foreman Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) Installer foreman
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.1 gofer 2.6.8-1.el6, gofer 2.6.8-1.el7sat, python-qpid 0.30-7.el6, python-qpid 0.30-7.el7, qpid-proton 0.9-11.el6, qpid-proton 0.9-11.el7, +61 more Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.1 gofer 2.6.8-1.el6, gofer 2.6.8-1.el7sat, python-qpid 0.30-7.el6, python-qpid 0.30-7.el7, qpid-proton 0.9-11.el6, qpid-proton 0.9-11.el7, +34 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2622

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 4.2 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 6.0 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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.