Description
A flaw was found in Foreman. A remote attacker could exploit a command injection vulnerability in Foreman's WebSocket proxy implementation. This vulnerability arises from the system's use of unsanitized hostname values from compute resource providers when constructing shell commands. By operating a malicious compute resource server, an attacker could achieve remote code execution on the Foreman server when a user accesses VM VNC console functionality. This could lead to the compromise of sensitive credentials and the entire managed infrastructure.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8
Default version status: affected
0:3.12.0.14-1.el8sat to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9
Default version status: affected
0:3.12.0.14-1.el9sat to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9
Default version status: affected
0:3.14.0.14-1.el9sat to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9
Default version status: affected
0:0.1.23-0.3.el9pc to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9
Default version status: affected
0:1.2.0-0.1.el9pc to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9
Default version status: affected
0:4.2.28-0.1.el9pc to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9
Default version status: affected
0:2.22.3-1.el9pc to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9
Default version status: affected
0:3.27.10-2.el9pc to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9
Default version status: affected
0:1.5.1-1.el9sat to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9
Default version status: affected
0:0.4.3-1.el9sat to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9
Default version status: affected
0:4.16.0.14-1.el9sat to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9
Default version status: affected
0:0.13.0-1.el9sat to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9
Default version status: affected
0:6.17.7-1.el9sat to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9
Default version status: affected
0:0.0.3-4.el9sat to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9
Default version status: affected
0:3.14.0.14-1.el9sat to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9
Default version status: affected
0:0.1.23-0.3.el9pc to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9
Default version status: affected
0:1.2.0-0.1.el9pc to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9
Default version status: affected
0:4.2.28-0.1.el9pc to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9
Default version status: affected
0:2.22.3-1.el9pc to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9
Default version status: affected
0:3.27.10-2.el9pc to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9
Default version status: affected
0:1.5.1-1.el9sat to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9
Default version status: affected
0:0.4.3-1.el9sat to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9
Default version status: affected
0:4.16.0.14-1.el9sat to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9
Default version status: affected
0:0.13.0-1.el9sat to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9
Default version status: affected
0:6.17.7-1.el9sat to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9
Default version status: affected
0:0.0.3-4.el9sat to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.18 for RHEL 9
Default version status: affected
0:3.16.0.12-1.el9sat to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6
Default version status: affected
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5968 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5970 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5971 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-1961 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2437036 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/27/3 ↗
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-1961.json ↗