CVE-2026-12542

Foreman: command injection in foreman-tail

Published Oct 1, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:theforeman:foreman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:theforeman:foreman:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Redhat enterprise Linux
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Theforeman
Theforeman foreman
Vendors & Products Theforeman
Theforeman foreman
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.17::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.17::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.17::el9
References
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CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.16::el8
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.16::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.18::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el8
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.18::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.16::el8
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.16::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.18::el9
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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.
Title Foreman: command injection in foreman-tail
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat satellite
Redhat satellite Capsule
Redhat satellite Utils
Weaknesses CWE-78
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.19::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.19::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.19::el9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat satellite
Redhat satellite Capsule
Redhat satellite Utils
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Nov 9, 2026, 4:28 PM
Reserved
Jun 17, 2026, 5:41 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Oct 1, 2026, 6:17 PM
Modified
Nov 9, 2026, 5:17 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Oct 1, 2026, 12:20 PM