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Red Hat Satellite (foreman, python-pillow, go): Mehrere Schwachstellen

WID-SEC-2026-2166 · first 02.07.2026 · updated 22.10.2026 · CVSS 8,8

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What it is about

Red Hat Satellite dient als zentrale Stelle für das Management, die Verteilung von Updates in Netzwerken mit Red Hat Enterprise Linux Systemen. Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat Satellite ausnutzen, um sich erweiterte Rechte, einschließlich Administratorrechte, zu verschaffen, die Authentifizierung zu umgehen, Daten zu manipulieren, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen und einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen.

Under what conditions?

The BSI does not name any particular preconditions. Exploitable remotely according to the BSI.

What can happen in the worst case

An attacker could use the vulnerability to

  • sich erweiterte Rechte
  • einschließlich Administratorrechte und zu verschaffen
  • die Authentifizierung zu umgehen
  • Daten zu manipulieren
  • vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen
  • einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen

Am I affected?

Affected according to the BSI:

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • IBM SPSS Modeler
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.17.9 Async Update
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.18.7 Async Update
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.16.10 Async Update
  • Oracle Linux
  • IBM Cognos Analytics <12.1.3 FP2
  • IBM Cognos Analytics <12.0.4 FP3
  • Splunk SOAR <8.7.0

The installed version is usually shown under “Help → About” or in the device’s admin interface.

What helps?

Update to at least:

  • IBM Cognos Analytics 12.1.3 FP2
  • IBM Cognos Analytics 12.0.4 FP3
  • Splunk SOAR 8.7.0

Is the vulnerability already being exploited?

None of the CVEs is in the CISA catalogue of exploited vulnerabilities. That does not mean there are no attacks, only that none are documented.

Information and sources

CVE: CVE-2026-5135, CVE-2026-5136, CVE-2026-5138, CVE-2026-5142, CVE-2026-32282, CVE-2026-40192

Source: BSI warning and information service (CERT-Bund); CISA. The assessment of the conditions is my reading of the BSI text; the external pages are in their original language.

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