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CVE-2016-5390 json

Foreman before 1.11.4 and 1.12.x before 1.12.1 allow remote authenticated users with the view_hosts permission containing a filter to obtai…

published 10y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2016-6339

cvss
5.3
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Foreman before 1.11.4 and 1.12.x before 1.12.1 allow remote authenticated users with the view_hosts permission containing a filter to obtain sensitive network interface information via a request to API routes beneath "hosts," as demonstrated by a GET request to api/v2/hosts/secrethost/interfaces.

Patch / fix

  • theforeman foreman 1.11.4, 1.12.1

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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-2016-5390 updated cvss 3.3

foreman: Access to API routes beneath hosts is not filtered for users with view_host permission

  • Red Hat OpenStack Foreman foreman Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) Installer foreman Red Hat Satellite 6 foreman, foreman-cli, foreman-ec2, foreman-gce, foreman-ovirt, foreman-vmware, +9 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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

1.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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