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Foreman: command injection in foreman-tail

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

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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CVE-2026-12542

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-12542

Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

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Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/1/product

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Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/2/product

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Red Hat Satellite 6.18 for RHEL 9

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/3/product

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Red Hat Satellite 6.19 for RHEL 9

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/4/product

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Red Hat Satellite 6

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/5/product

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Structured affected-version data

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      "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"
    ],
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8",
    "versions": [
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        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "0:3.12.0.23-1.el8sat",
        "lessThan": "*",
        "versionType": "rpm"
      }
    ],
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    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "defaultStatus": "affected"
  },
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      "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"
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      }
    ],
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    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
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  },
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      "cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.17::el9",
      "cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.17::el9",
      "cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.17::el9"
    ],
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
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    "versions": [
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        "status": "unaffected",
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        "lessThan": "*",
        "versionType": "rpm"
      }
    ],
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    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "defaultStatus": "affected"
  },
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      "cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.18::el9",
      "cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.18::el9",
      "cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.18::el9"
    ],
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Satellite 6.18 for RHEL 9",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "0:3.16.0.25-1.el9sat",
        "lessThan": "*",
        "versionType": "rpm"
      }
    ],
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    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "defaultStatus": "affected"
  },
  {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.19::el9",
      "cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.19::el9",
      "cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.19::el9"
    ],
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Satellite 6.19 for RHEL 9",
    "versions": [
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        "version": "0:3.18.0.14-1.el9sat",
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      }
    ],
    "packageName": "foreman",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "defaultStatus": "affected"
  },
  {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6"
    ],
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Satellite 6",
    "packageName": "satellite:el8/foreman",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "defaultStatus": "affected"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-12542

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Publisher severity

medium

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Event
#11754 · Revision 1
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Revision history

  1. CVE-2026-12542 · Revision 1Source updated