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CVE-2022-3874 (GCVE-0-2022-3874)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-22 13:56 – Updated: 2024-09-24 15:01
VLAI
Title
Os command injection via ct_command and fcct_command
Summary
A command injection flaw was found in foreman. This flaw allows an authenticated user with admin privileges on the foreman instance to transpile commands through CoreOS and Fedora CoreOS configurations in templates, possibly resulting in arbitrary command execution on the underlying operating system.
Severity
8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-24 15:01 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2140577 issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a foreman
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6     cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6
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Date Public
2023-04-19 00:00
Credits
This issue was discovered by Andrew Danau (Onsec.io) and Evgeni Golov (Red Hat).
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