Red Hat Satellite 6 foreman_kubevirt certificate validation

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A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Satellite 6. It has been rated as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component foreman_kubevirt. The manipulation leads to certificate validation. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-1531. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Satellite 6 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component foreman_kubevirt. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

It is possible to read the advisory at access.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-1531 since 01/28/2026. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/08/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1587.003 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2026-1007). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• IBM App Connect Enterprise

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• Red Hat

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• Satellite

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• 6

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.redhat.com/

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