CVE-2026-96659 — Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8

What is CVE-2026-96659?

A flaw was found in Foreman. This vulnerability allows an authenticated user with low-level Viewer permissions to cause unauthorized information disclosure by submitting requests to template preview endpoints. By exploiting this issue, the user can access sensitive data, such as host root passwords. Furthermore, under insecure system configurations where Safemode protections are disabled, the flaw may allow the user to execute arbitrary commands as the Foreman system account.

The record classifies CVE-2026-96659 under weakness class CWE-267. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs low-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality. 5 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 22 days ago.

Severity and exploitation probability

CVSS v3.1 base score: 9.1 — CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
EPSS (FIRST): 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24.0% of all scored CVEs
CISA KEV: Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Threadlinqs priority: 5.5/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
Published: 2026-10-01, last modified 2026-10-07

Is CVE-2026-96659 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 39 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

Affected products and versions

Red Hat: Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8, Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9, Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9, Satellite 6.18 for RHEL 9, Satellite 6.19 for RHEL 9

How to fix CVE-2026-96659

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-96659 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-2026-96659

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-96659, 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 — CRITICAL · 2026-10-03

Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-10-10.