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CVE-2023-4886

Foreman: world readable file containing secrets

MEDIUM
4.4
CVSS Score
Published: October 3, 2023 at 02:24 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:38 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsSatelliteForeman

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Severity
MEDIUM4.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A sensitive information exposure vulnerability was found in foreman. Contents of tomcat's server.xml file, which contain passwords to candlepin's keystore and truststore, were found to be world readable.

Affected

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

Satellite· Red Hatrpm
95%
6.0
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:3.5.1.24-1.el8sat (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:3.7.0.10-1.el8sat (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1:3.7.0.5-1.el8sat (unaffected)
Foreman· Theforeman
95%
v < 3.8.0
Affected range stops below 3.8.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (4)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7851
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1061
VDB Entryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4886
Issue Trackingx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2230135

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

4.4MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200NVD-CWE-noinfo

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