What is CVE-2018-1096?

CVE-2018-1096 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Foreman Project, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-04-05.

How severe is CVE-2018-1096?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Foreman Project

CVE-2018-1096

An input sanitization flaw was found in the id field in the dashboard controller of Foreman before 1.16.1. A user could use this flaw to perform an SQL injection attack on the back end database.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2018-04-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (70.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 70.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.013 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Foreman Project — versions before 1.16.1
Theforeman Foreman
Red Hat Satellite — versions 6.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
projects.theforeman.org/issues/23028 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1096?: CVE-2018-1096 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Foreman Project, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-04-05.
How severe is CVE-2018-1096?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.