CVE-2026-12542 (GCVE-0-2026-12542)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-01 17:14 – Updated: 2026-10-02 17:37
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Foreman: command injection in foreman-tail
Summary
A flaw was found in Foreman. The foreman-tail utility is vulnerable to OS command injection due to the unsafe use of the eval command. The script takes user-supplied arguments and incorporates them directly into a string that is then executed by eval to expand file paths. Because the input is not sanitized or quoted, a local attacker can inject shell metacharacters (e.g., ;, &, |) to execute arbitrary system commands.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Assigner
References
6 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74503 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74504 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74505 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74506 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-12542 | vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2489971 | issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT |
Impacted products
6 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8 |
Unaffected:
0:3.12.0.23-1.el8sat , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.16::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.16::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.16::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.16::el9 |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9 |
Unaffected:
0:3.12.0.23-1.el9sat , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.16::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.16::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.16::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.16::el9 |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 |
Unaffected:
0:3.14.0.22-1.el9sat , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.17::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.17::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.17::el9 |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.18 for RHEL 9 |
Unaffected:
0:3.16.0.25-1.el9sat , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.18::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.18::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.18::el9 |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.19 for RHEL 9 |
Unaffected:
0:3.18.0.14-1.el9sat , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.19::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.19::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.19::el9 |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6 |
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6
|
Date Public
2026-10-01 12:20
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