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.
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| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6 | affected | — |
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History
Thu, 12 Nov 2026 20:30:00 +0000
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| 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. | |
| Title | Foreman: authorization flaw in the foreman::controller::useraware#find_user handling used by api::v2::personalaccesstokenscontroller | |
| First Time appeared |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-639 | |
| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6 | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2026-11-12T20:19:29.433Z
Reserved: 2026-09-07T06:25:38.505Z
Link: CVE-2026-86322
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CWE-639
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key