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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-10198

An authentication bypass vulnerability was discovered in foreman-tasks before 0.15.7. Previously, commit tasks were searched through find_resource, which performed authorization checks. After the change to Foreman, an unauthenticated user can view the details of a task through the web UI or API, if they can discover or guess the UUID of the task.

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CVE-2019-10198
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1 Nov 2026, 07:53 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2019-10198

core-osv · Original source

Published 31 Jul 2019, 22:15 UTC

An authentication bypass vulnerability was discovered in foreman-tasks before 0.15.7. Previously, commit tasks were searched through find_resource, which performed authorization checks. After the change to Foreman, an unauthenticated user can view the details of a task through the web UI or API, if they can discover or guess the UUID of the task.

osv:CVE-2019-10198
Complete source record
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      "references": [
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3172",
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