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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-2672

A flaw was found in foreman before version 1.15 in the logging of adding and registering images. An attacker with access to the foreman log file would be able to view passwords for provisioned systems in the log file, allowing them to access those systems.

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1 Nov 2026, 06:07 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2017-2672

core-osv · Original source

Published 21 Jun 2018, 13:29 UTC

A flaw was found in foreman before version 1.15 in the logging of adding and registering images. An attacker with access to the foreman log file would be able to view passwords for provisioned systems in the log file, allowing them to access those systems.

osv:CVE-2017-2672
Complete source record
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