# CVE-2016-7078: foreman before version 1.15.0 is vulnerable to an information leak through organizations and locations feature.

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-09-10 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- foreman: 1.15.0

## Description

foreman before version 1.15.0 is vulnerable to an information leak through organizations and locations feature. When a user is assigned _no_ organizations/locations, they are able to view all resources instead of none (mirroring an administrator's view). The user's actions are still limited by their assigned permissions, e.g. to control viewing, editing and deletion.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on foreman, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/commit/5f606e11cf39719bf62f8b1f3396861b32387905
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7078
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96385
- https://theforeman.org/security.html#2016-7078
- https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/16982
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q1/470

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