Foreman API Personal Access Token IDOR
CVE-2026-86322 Published on November 12, 2026

Foreman: authorization flaw in the foreman::controller::useraware#find_user handling used by api::v2::personalaccesstokenscontroller
A flaw was found in Foremans Api::V2::PersonalAccessTokensController, where Foreman::Controller::UserAware#find_user resolves the target account using User.find(params[:user_id]) without applying the required parent-user authorization check. An attacker with the create_personal_access_tokens permission can therefore invoke POST /api/v2/users/:user_id/personal_access_tokens with another users ID and create a Personal Access Token on their behalf. The resulting plaintext token is returned in the API response, while PersonalAccessToken#check_permissions_after_save only validates create_personal_access_tokens on the token and does not enforce edit_users authorization on the target user. The attacker can then use the forged token to authenticate as the victim, potentially resulting in complete account takeover, including administrator accounts.

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Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2026-86322 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Exploitation:
NONE
Automatable:
NO
Technical Impact:
TOTAL
Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Timeline

Reported to Red Hat.

Made public. 66 days later.

Weakness Type

What is an Insecure Direct Object Reference / IDOR Vulnerability?

The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data.

CVE-2026-86322 has been classified to as an Insecure Direct Object Reference / IDOR vulnerability or weakness.


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Affected Versions

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

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.40%
Percentile
34.81%

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