CVE-2024-7012 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2024-7012

Puppet-foreman: an authentication bypass vulnerability exists in foreman

Vulnerability Description

An authentication bypass vulnerability has been identified in Foreman when deployed with External Authentication, due to the puppet-foreman configuration. This issue arises from Apache's mod_proxy not properly unsetting headers because of restrictions on underscores in HTTP headers, allowing authentication through a malformed header. This flaw impacts all active Satellite deployments (6.13, 6.14 and 6.15) and could potentially enable unauthorized users to gain administrative access.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Red Hat Satellite 6.13 for RHEL 8, Red Hat Satellite 6.14 for RHEL 8, Red Hat Satellite 6.15 for RHEL 8, Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8, Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1:3.5.2.8-1.el8sat, 1:3.7.0.8-1.el8sat, 1:3.9.3.4-1.el8sat, 1:3.12.0.1-1.el8sat, 1:3.12.0.1-1.el9sat

Timeline

Official Publish: September 4th, 2024
Last Modified: November 11th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)