CVE-2017-7505

HIGH

Foreman <1.5 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98607
Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/19612
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/pull/4545

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0159
EPSS Percentile 72.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-269 CWE-863
Status published
Products (32)
Foreman/foreman 1.5 and higher
theforeman/foreman 1.5.0 (3 CPE variants)
theforeman/foreman 1.5.1
theforeman/foreman 1.5.2
theforeman/foreman 1.5.3
theforeman/foreman 1.6.0 (3 CPE variants)
theforeman/foreman 1.6.1
theforeman/foreman 1.6.3
theforeman/foreman 1.7.0 (3 CPE variants)
theforeman/foreman 1.7.1
... and 22 more
Published May 26, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026