A flaw was found in Foreman’s Api::V2::PersonalAccessTokensController, where Foreman::Controller:...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
A flaw was found in Foreman’s 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 user’s 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.
🔗 References (7)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86322
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-86322
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2529289
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:99949
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:99950
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:99952
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h4jq-48pm-fr95