CVE-2021-20259

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 7, 2021 at 08:31 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:33 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorForemanfogproxmoxForeman

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

A flaw was found in the Foreman project. The Proxmox compute resource exposes the password through the API to an authenticated local attacker with view_hosts permission. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. Versions before foreman_fog_proxmox 0.13.1 are affected

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 0.13.1
Affected range stops below 0.13.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1932144

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200

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