What is CVE-2021-3469?

CVE-2021-3469 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Theforeman Foreman, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-06-03.

How severe is CVE-2021-3469?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Theforeman Foreman

CVE-2021-3469

Foreman versions before 2.3.4 and before 2.4.0 is affected by an improper authorization handling flaw. An authenticated attacker can impersonate the foreman-proxy if product enable the Puppet Certificate authority (CA) to sign certificate requests that have subject alternative names (SANs). Foreman do not enable SANs by default and `allow-authorization-extensions` is set to `false` unless user change `/etc/puppetlabs/puppetserver/conf.d/ca.conf` configuration explicitly.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.003 (25.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Theforeman Foreman
N/a Foreman — versions foreman 2.3.4, foreman 2.4.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Mitigation, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-3469?: CVE-2021-3469 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Theforeman Foreman, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-06-03.
How severe is CVE-2021-3469?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.