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CVE-2024-7012

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.8 Published: 2024-09-04 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

An authentication bypass vulnerability has been identified in Foreman when deployed with External Authentication, due to the puppet-foreman configuration. This issue arises from Apache's mod_proxy not properly unsetting headers because of restrictions on underscores in HTTP headers, allowing authentication through a malformed header. This flaw impacts all active Satellite deployments (6.13, 6.14 and 6.15) and could potentially enable unauthorized users to gain administrative access.

Affected Platforms

Redhat Satellite

Weakness Type

CWE-287

References