CVE-2017-7505

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-863 CWE-269

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Foreman	foreman	1.5 and higher

References

http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/19612Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98607Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/pull/4545Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/19612Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98607Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/pull/4545Patch, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: May 26, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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