CVE-2024-6861 (GCVE-0-2024-6861)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-11-06 14:54 – Updated: 2025-11-20 07:31
VLAI?
Summary
A disclosure of sensitive information flaw was found in foreman via the GraphQL API. If the introspection feature is enabled, it is possible for attackers to retrieve sensitive admin authentication keys which could result in a compromise of the entire product's API.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Affected: 0 , < 3.3 (semver)
    Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.12 for RHEL 8 Unaffected: 0:3.3.0.17-1.el8sat , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_maintenance:6.12::el8
    cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.12::el8
    cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.12::el8
    cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.12::el8
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    Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6     cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6
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    Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6     cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6
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    Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6     cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6
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Credits
Red Hat would like to thank Sébastien Vecten for reporting this issue.
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