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Vulnerability · Published Oct 1, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2026-12540Foreman: command injection in foreman-rake errors:fetch_log via request_id parameter

High 8.2

In plain English

A high-severity OS command injection in Red Hat Satellite 6 from Red Hat. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 69% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.2High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 30.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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 (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.18 for RHEL 9 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.19 for RHEL 9 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6 see references

Weakness: CWE-78 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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