What is CVE-2021-20260?

CVE-2021-20260 is a high-severity vulnerability in Theforeman Foreman, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-08-26.

How severe is CVE-2021-20260?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Theforeman Foreman

CVE-2021-20260

A flaw was found in the Foreman project. The Datacenter plugin exposes the password through the API to an authenticated local attacker with view_hosts permission. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2022-08-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (10.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 10th percentile — 10.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Theforeman Foreman
Foreman — versions Not-Known

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20260 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-20260?: CVE-2021-20260 is a high-severity vulnerability in Theforeman Foreman, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-08-26.
How severe is CVE-2021-20260?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.