What is CVE-2016-9593?

CVE-2016-9593 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Theforeman Foreman, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2018-04-16.

How severe is CVE-2016-9593?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Theforeman Foreman

CVE-2016-9593

foreman-debug before version 1.15.0 is vulnerable to a flaw in foreman-debug's logging. An attacker with access to the foreman log file would be able to view passwords, allowing them to access those systems.

Published 2018-04-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (60.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 60.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Theforeman Foreman
Unspecified Foreman-Debug — versions foreman-debug 1.15.0
Red Hat Satellite — versions 6.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/94985 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9593?: CVE-2016-9593 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Theforeman Foreman, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2018-04-16.
How severe is CVE-2016-9593?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.