High severity · published Jul 1, 2026
CVE-2026-5136
Foreman: foreman: privilege escalation to administrator-level access via usergroup role assignment manipulation
8.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in Foreman. The Usergroup model in Foreman does not properly validate role assignments against the calling user's permissions. This allows an authenticated user with usergroup management permissions to attach arbitrary roles, including administrative roles, to a user group and then add themselves as a member. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability leads to full privilege escalation, granting the attacker administrator-level access.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 46% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RH
Red Hat Satellite 6 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Satellite 6.18 for RHEL 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Satellite 6.19 for RHEL 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
FO
Foreman · Theforeman
before 3.18.2; 3.19.0 before 3.19.1 · source: NVD
SA
Satellite · Redhat
6.16 before 6.16.10; 6.17 before 6.17.9; 6.18 before 6.18.7; 6.19 before 6.19.2 · source: NVD
Affected product
RH
Red Hat Satellite 6
Red Hat
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