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CVE-2016-4475

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4475 describes a critical access control bypass vulnerability in Foreman versions prior to 1.11.4 and 1.12.0-RC3. Authenticated remote attackers can exploit this flaw to read, edit, or delete any organization or location, circumventing intended restrictions. With a CVSS v3 score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability poses a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.11.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:theforeman:foreman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.12.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:theforeman:foreman:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0267 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 17,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (23)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: foreman-0:1.11.0.51-1.el6sat
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: foreman-installer-1:1.11.0.10-1.el6sat
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: foreman-proxy-0:1.11.0.5-1.el6sat
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: pulp-0:2.8.3.4-1.el6sat
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: satellite-0:6.2.1-1.2.el6sat
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-foreman_discovery-0:5.0.0.9-1.el6sat
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-hammer_cli_foreman_admin-0:0.0.5-1.el6sat
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-hammer_cli_katello-0:0.0.22.25-1.el6sat
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-katello-0:3.0.0.70-1.el6sat
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-ovirt_provision_plugin-0:1.0.2-1.el6sat
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: foreman-installer-1:1.11.0.10-1.el7sat
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: foreman-proxy-0:1.11.0.5-1.el7sat
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: pulp-0:2.8.3.4-1.el7sat
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: satellite-0:6.2.1-1.2.el7sat
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-foreman_discovery-0:5.0.0.9-1.el7sat
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-hammer_cli_foreman_admin-0:0.0.5-1.el7sat
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-hammer_cli_katello-0:0.0.22.25-1.el7sat
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-katello-0:3.0.0.70-1.el7sat
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-ovirt_provision_plugin-0:1.0.2-1.el7sat
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: foreman-0:1.11.0.51-1.el7sat
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redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: OpenStack ForemanFixed in: foreman
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) InstallerFixed in: foreman
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3Fixed in: foreman

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-4475Moderate

foreman: API and UI actions/URLs not limited to the orgs/locations assigned

Jun 2, 2016

References

projects.theforeman.org / issues/15268
PatchVendor Advisory
projects.theforeman.org / projects/foreman/repository/revisions/a30ab44ed6f140f1791afc51a1e448afc2ff28f9
PatchVendor Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHBA-2016:1615
theforeman.org / security.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/92125
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry