CVE-2017-7505

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    CVE-2017-7505

    Published: 26 May 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Foreman since version 1.5 is vulnerable to an incorrect authorization check due to which users with user management permission who are assigned to some organization(s) can do all operations granted by these permissions on all administrator user object outside of their scope, such as editing global admin accounts including changing their passwords.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98607, http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/19612, https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/pull/4545

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 78ccdb2bcdb386618503afec4f465f58abfe619e
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.10.0
    1.10.0-rc1
    1.10.0-rc2
    1.10.0-rc3
    1.10.1
    1.10.2
    1.10.3
    1.10.4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High