CVE-2026-12542
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CVE-2026-12542 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.8/10 on the CVSS scale. 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. EPSS estimates a 0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
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.
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Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Redhat | Satellite | >= 6.16, < 6.16.4 |
| Redhat | Satellite | >= 6.17, < 6.17.12 |
| Redhat | Satellite | >= 6.19, < 6.19.5 |
| Theforeman | Foreman | >= 1.5.0, <= 3.19.1 |
| Theforeman | Foreman | 5.0.0 |
| Redhat | Satellite | >= 6.18, < 6.18.10 |
| Redhat | Satellite | 6.0 |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74503Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74504Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74505Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74506Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-12542Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2489971Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/07/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Analyzed
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