Foreman-kubevirt: foreman_kubevirt: man-in-the-middle due to insecure default ssl verification
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.1epss 0.3%
exploitation probability
0.3%top 79% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
A flaw was found in foreman_kubevirt. When configuring the connection to OpenShift, the system disables SSL verification if a Certificate Authority (CA) certificate is not explicitly set. This insecure default allows a remote attacker, capable of intercepting network traffic between Satellite and OpenShift, to perform a Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attack. Such an attack could lead to the disclosure or alteration of sensitive information.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Affected products
Red Hat · Red Hat Satellite 6Red Hat · Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8Red Hat · Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9Red Hat · Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9Red Hat · Red Hat Satellite 6.18 for RHEL 9References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5968https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5970https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5971https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-1531https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2433786https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-1531.json