What is CVE-2018-1097?

CVE-2018-1097 is a high-severity vulnerability in Foreman Project, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-04-04.

How severe is CVE-2018-1097?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Foreman Project

CVE-2018-1097

A flaw was found in foreman before 1.16.1. The issue allows users with limited permissions for powering oVirt/RHV hosts on and off to discover the username and password used to connect to the compute resource.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (77.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 77.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000

Affected products

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

github.com/theforeman/foreman/pull/5369 (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
projects.theforeman.org/issues/22546 (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1097?: CVE-2018-1097 is a high-severity vulnerability in Foreman Project, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-04-04.
How severe is CVE-2018-1097?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.