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CVE-2026-96658
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8 — Foreman: foreman: arbitrary code execution via safemode sandbox bypass
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N L L N U H H H 8.8 .0069 51.7 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8 unspecified 0:1.5.0-2.el8sat
Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9 unspecified 0:1.5.0-2.el9sat
Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 unspecified 0:3.14.0.22-1.el9sat
Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 unspecified 0:3.2.13-1.el9pc
Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 unspecified 0:3.1.62-1.el9pc
Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 unspecified 0:5.3.1-2.el9pc
Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 unspecified 0:0.6.0-1.el9pc
Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 unspecified 0:15.0.2-2.el9sat
Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 unspecified 0:3.14.0-2.el9sat
Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 unspecified 0:4.16.0.20-1.el9sat
+ 5 more
TIMELINE
Sep 23 Reserved by redhat
Oct 1 Published (CNA: redhat)
Oct 18 RESCORED — CVE-2026-96658 (Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8). CVSS 9.9 → 8.8 (NVD).
Description
A flaw was found in Foreman. This vulnerability allows an authenticated remote attacker with low-level read permissions to achieve arbitrary code execution on the underlying server. By manipulating the permitted methods list within the template rendering engine, an attacker can bypass the safemode sandbox isolation and execute unauthorized commands directly on the host system.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|
| September 23, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by redhat |
| October 1, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: redhat) |
| October 18, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2026-96658 (Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8). CVSS 9.9 → 8.8 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 15 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8 | — | — | 0:1.5.0-2.el8sat |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9 | — | — | 0:1.5.0-2.el9sat |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 | — | — | 0:3.14.0.22-1.el9sat |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 | — | — | 0:3.2.13-1.el9pc |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 | — | — | 0:3.1.62-1.el9pc |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 | — | — | 0:5.3.1-2.el9pc |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 | — | — | 0:0.6.0-1.el9pc |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 | — | — | 0:15.0.2-2.el9sat |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 | — | — | 0:3.14.0-2.el9sat |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 | — | — | 0:4.16.0.20-1.el9sat |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 | — | — | 0:1.5.0-2.el9sat |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 | — | — | 0:6.17.12-1.el9sat |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 | — | — | 0:0.1.0-2.1.el9sat |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.18 for RHEL 9 | — | — | 0:1.5.0-2.el9sat |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.19 for RHEL 9 | — | — | 0:3.18.0.14-1.el9sat |
About this page
This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2026-96658 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Monday, October 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.
