# CVE-2026-96659: Foreman: excessive permissions for viewer role on preview

> Low-privilege users can access sensitive host passwords via template previews and potentially execute commands if Safemode is disabled.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 1 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 16 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2fj2-wwpq-f5jr

## What is CVE-2026-96659?

CVE-2026-96659 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in Redhat Satellite, published on 1 Oct 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A flaw was found in Foreman. This vulnerability allows an authenticated user with low-level Viewer permissions to cause unauthorized information disclosure by submitting requests to template preview endpoints. By exploiting this issue, the user can access sensitive data, such as host root passwords. Furthermore, under insecure system configurations where Safemode protections are disabled, the flaw may allow the user to execute arbitrary commands as the Foreman system account.

Weakness: CWE-267 (Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-96659?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Redhat Satellite, Theforeman Foreman.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-96659?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2026-96659 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-96659 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-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)
- [CVE-2026-96658](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-96658/): Foreman: foreman: arbitrary code execution via safemode sandbox bypass (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-96659 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-96659 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in Redhat Satellite, published on 1 Oct 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-96659 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-2026-96659/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-96659/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-96659
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96659
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-96659

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-96659/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.