CVE-2023-0118Foreman: arbitrary code execution through templates
- 9.1CriticalCVSS base score
- 1.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 27% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
An arbitrary code execution flaw was found in Foreman. This flaw allows an admin user to bypass safe mode in templates and execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Published
- 12 months later
· 12 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Critical9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 27% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.1.
Affected products
foreman
All versions: affected
Red Hat · Red Hat Satellite 6.11 for RHEL 7
- unaffected 0:3.1.1.27-1.el7sat – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Satellite 6.11 for RHEL 7
- unaffected 0:3.1.1.27-1.el7sat – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Satellite 6.11 for RHEL 8
- unaffected 0:3.1.1.27-1.el8sat – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Satellite 6.11 for RHEL 8
- unaffected 0:3.1.1.27-1.el8sat – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Satellite 6.12 for RHEL 8
- unaffected 0:1.3.8-1.el8sat – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Satellite 6.13 for RHEL 8
- unaffected 0:1.3.8-1.el8sat – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Satellite 6.14 for RHEL 8
- unaffected 0:3.7.0.9-1.el8sat – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Satellite 6.14 for RHEL 8
- unaffected 0:3.7.0.9-1.el8sat – < *
References
References6
- RHSA-2023:4466 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2023:5979 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2023:5980 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2023:6818 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0118 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHBZ#2159291 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2023-12208 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2023-0118)Record last updated .