CVE-2026-5136
HIGHForeman: foreman: privilege escalation to administrator-level access via usergroup role assignment manipulation
Title source: cnaDescription
A flaw was found in Foreman. The Usergroup model in Foreman does not properly validate role assignments against the calling user's permissions. This allows an authenticated user with usergroup management permissions to attach arbitrary roles, including administrative roles, to a user group and then add themselves as a member. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability leads to full privilege escalation, granting the attacker administrator-level access.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
RHSA-2026:34365
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34365
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
RHSA-2026:34366
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34366
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
RHSA-2026:34367
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34367
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
RHSA-2026:34368
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34368
Vdb Entry, X_Refsource_Redhat vdb-entry
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5136
Issue Tracking, X_Refsource_Redhat issue-tracking
x_refsource_redhat
RHBZ#2452970
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2452970
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0030
EPSS Percentile
21.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-266
Status
published
Products (8)
Red Hat/Red Hat Satellite 6
Red Hat/Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8
0:3.12.0.17-1.el8sat
Red Hat/Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9
0:3.12.0.17-1.el9sat
Red Hat/Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9
0:3.14.0.17-1.el9sat
Red Hat/Red Hat Satellite 6.18 for RHEL 9
0:3.16.0.17-1.el9sat
Red Hat/Red Hat Satellite 6.19 for RHEL 9
0:3.18.0.7-1.el9sat
redhat/satellite
6.16 - 6.16.10
theforeman/foreman
< 3.18.2
Published
Jul 01, 2026
Tracked Since
Jul 01, 2026