VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2015-5246

high
Published 2017-10-06 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
8.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
8.1

Description

The LDAP Authentication functionality in Foreman might allow remote attackers with knowledge of old passwords to gain access via vectors involving the password lifetime period in Active Directory.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
88%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/11471

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
theforemanforeman1.9.0

References

CWEs

CWE-254

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.