CVE-2024-3716 — A flaw was found in foreman-installer when puppet-candlepin is invoked cpdb with

A flaw was found in foreman-installer when puppet-candlepin is invoked cpdb with the --password parameter. This issue leaks the password in the process list and allows an attacker to take advantage and obtain the password.

01What is this vulnerability?

A flaw was found in foreman-installer when puppet-candlepin is invoked cpdb with the --password parameter. This issue leaks the password in the process list and allows an attacker to take advantage and obtain the password.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
?	?	unspecified
Red Hat	Red Hat Satellite 6	unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2024-06-05T15:05:37.869Z
• Last modified: 2025-11-21T06:41:06.458Z

09References

• access.redhat.com — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-3716
• bugzilla.redhat.com — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2274755