{"id":"CVE-2026-96658","title":"A flaw was found in Foreman","summary":"A flaw was found in Foreman. An authenticated attacker with low-level permissions can achieve remote code execution (RCE) by bypassing the safemode sandbox within the templating engine. Due to improper handling of delegated methods, an a…","severity":"critical","cvss":9.9,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-94"],"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"rubygem-safemode","affected":["rubygem-safemode (all versions)","rubygem-safemode (all versions)","foreman (all versions)","python-dynaconf (all versions)","python-gitpython (all versions)","python-lxml (all versions)","python-sqlparse (all versions)","rubygem-foreman_remote_execution (all versions)","rubygem-hammer_cli (all versions)","rubygem-katello (all versions)","rubygem-safemode (all versions)","satellite (all versions)","yggdrasil-worker-forwarder (all versions)","rubygem-safemode (all versions)","foreman (all versions)"],"patched":["satellite_6_16_for_rhel 8","satellite_6_16_for_rhel 9","satellite_6_18_for_rhel 9","satellite_6_19_for_rhel 9"],"published":"2026-10-01","updated":"2026-10-07","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-07T07:17:02.280","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96658","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74503","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74504","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74505","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74506","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96658","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2534185","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/07/2","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-96658.json"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-96658"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96658"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org","csaf","vex","red-hat"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-10-01T17:34:22.363598Z"},"epss":0.00724,"epssPercentile":0.53834,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-01T18:55:42.366Z","scores":{"nvd":9.9,"cna":8.8,"vendor":8.8},"slug":"CVE-2026-96658","body":"## Overview\n\nA flaw was found in Foreman. An authenticated attacker with low-level permissions can achieve remote code execution (RCE) by bypassing the safemode sandbox within the templating engine. Due to improper handling of delegated methods, an attacker can append unauthorized functions to the allowed execution list, enabling them to run arbitrary commands on the hosting server.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **RHSA-2026:74506** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8, Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9 · released 2026-10-01 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74506)\n- **RHSA-2026:74504** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Satellite 6.18 for RHEL 9 · released 2026-10-01 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74504)\n- **RHSA-2026:74503** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Satellite 6.19 for RHEL 9 · released 2026-10-01 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74503)\n- **RHSA-2026:74505** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 · released 2026-10-01 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74505)","depth":"midnight","depthScore":55,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":54.5,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}