Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-86322 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-86322 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-86322?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.8, published 12 November 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Red Hat Foreman.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-86322?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-86322 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-86322?
- Check whether you run Red Hat Foreman. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The vulnerability exists in Api::V2::PersonalAccessTokensController, where the find_user method resolves target accounts without proper authorization checks. An attacker with create_personal_access_tokens permission can invoke POST /api/v2/users/:user_id/personal_access_tokens with arbitrary user IDs to forge tokens. The resulting plaintext token is returned in the API response and can be used to authenticate as the victim due to missing edit_users authorization enforcement.
Affected products
- Red Hat Foreman
Timeline
- 2026-11-12: disclosed