Description
A flaw was found in Foreman. A command injection vulnerability exists in the foreman-rake errors:fetch_log task. The request_id parameter is passed to an underlying system command (typically grep) without adequate shell neutralization. While the task is intended to fetch specific log entries, an attacker with sudo permissions to execute this rake task can inject shell metacharacters (such as ;, ", or |) to break out of the intended command and execute arbitrary code.
Affected products
redhat: satellite; redhat: enterprise linux; theforeman: foreman
References7
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74503 Vendor Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74504 Vendor Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74505 Vendor Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74506 Vendor Advisory
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-12540 Vendor Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2489969 Issue TrackingMitigationVendor Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/07/9 Third Party Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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8.2
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 1% percentile: 69 · as of 10 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-78
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