# CVE-2023-4886: Foreman: world readable file containing secrets

> Attackers can read world-readable Tomcat configuration files to obtain sensitive keystore and truststore passwords in Red Hat Satellite.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 3 Oct 2023
- **Updated:** 25 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r2mj-49jv-4jq7

## What is CVE-2023-4886?

CVE-2023-4886 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Satellite, published on 3 Oct 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-4886?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Redhat Satellite, Theforeman Foreman.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-4886?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2023-4886 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-4886 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Satellite

- [CVE-2024-7012](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7012/): Puppet-foreman: an authentication bypass vulnerability exists in foreman (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-7923](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7923/): Puppet-pulpcore: an authentication bypass vulnerability exists in pulpcore (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-96659](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-96659/): Foreman: excessive permissions for viewer role on preview (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2023-0118](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0118/): Foreman: arbitrary code execution through templates (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2008-2369](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2369/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-4886 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-4886 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Satellite, published on 3 Oct 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-4886 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Redhat Satellite. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4886/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4886/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4886
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4886
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-4886

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4886/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.