CVE-2024-7012: Puppet-foreman: an authentication bypass vulnerability exists in foreman
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-7012 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Improper Authentication vulnerability in redhat satellite. EPSS estimates a 0.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 9.8 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 1% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4Timeline
- 04-09-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-11-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST9.8CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.77%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
56%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.77% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat1 product
- satellite6.13 | 6.14 | 6.15
1 vendor · 1 product