# CVE-2023-0118 — Red Hat Satellite 6.11 for RHEL 7

> As of 2024-09-17, CVE-2023-0118 is a CRITICAL-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Satellite 6.11 for RHEL 7, CVSS v3.1 9.1, EPSS 1.3% (71.3th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2023-0118, most recently “Red Hat Satellite Foreman template preview authorization flaw (CVE-2026-96659) enables root password theft and code execution”.

**Last updated:** 2024-09-17

## What is CVE-2023-0118?

An arbitrary code execution flaw was found in Foreman. This flaw allows an admin user to bypass safe mode in templates and execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system.

The record classifies CVE-2023-0118 under weakness class [CWE-78](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/CWE-78). Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs high-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 5 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 1129 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **CVSS v3.1 base score:** 9.1 — CRITICAL (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71.3% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 9.4/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2023-09-20, last modified 2024-09-17

## Is CVE-2023-0118 being exploited?

Weaponised exploit code for CVE-2023-0118 is publicly available. 1 public proof-of-concept repository is tracked for this identifier. It currently carries a trending score of 31 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

- [trickest/cve](https://github.com/trickest/cve/blob/main/2023/CVE-2023-0118.md) (trickest)

## Affected products and versions

- [Red Hat](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/vendors/red-hat): Satellite 6.11 for RHEL 7, Satellite 6.11 for RHEL 8, Satellite 6.12 for RHEL 8, Satellite 6.13 for RHEL 8, Satellite 6.14 for RHEL 8

## How to fix CVE-2023-0118

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2023-0118 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

## Threat activity tracking CVE-2023-0118

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2023-0118, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

- [Red Hat Satellite Foreman template preview authorization flaw (CVE-2026-96659) enables root password theft and code execution](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-2874) — CRITICAL · 2026-10-03

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories, public proof-of-concept repositories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-10-10.

**Vendor advisory and patch**

- [access.redhat.com — vendor advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4466)
- [access.redhat.com — vendor advisory (RHSA 2023:5979)](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5979)
- [access.redhat.com — vendor advisory (RHSA 2023:5980)](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5980)
- [access.redhat.com — vendor advisory (RHSA 2023:6818)](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6818)

**Third-party advisory**

- [access.redhat.com — vdb entry](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0118)
- [bugzilla.redhat.com — issue tracking](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2159291)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2023-0118
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2023-0118 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp