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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."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8","collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","packageName":"foreman","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"0:3.12.0.23-1.el8sat","lessThan":"*","versionType":"rpm","status":"unaffected"}],"cpes":["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 9","collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","packageName":"foreman","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"0:3.12.0.23-1.el9sat","lessThan":"*","versionType":"rpm","status":"unaffected"}],"cpes":["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 6.17 for RHEL 9","collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","packageName":"foreman","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"0:3.14.0.22-1.el9sat","lessThan":"*","versionType":"rpm","status":"unaffected"}],"cpes":["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","product":"Red Hat Satellite 6.18 for RHEL 9","collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","packageName":"foreman","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"0:3.16.0.25-1.el9sat","lessThan":"*","versionType":"rpm","status":"unaffected"}],"cpes":["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 6.19 for RHEL 9","collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","packageName":"foreman","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"0:3.18.0.14-1.el9sat","lessThan":"*","versionType":"rpm","status":"unaffected"}],"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","collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","packageName":"satellite:el8/foreman","defaultStatus":"affected","cpes":["cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6"]}],"references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74503","name":"RHSA-2026:74503","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_REDHAT"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74504","name":"RHSA-2026:74504","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_REDHAT"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74505","name":"RHSA-2026:74505","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_REDHAT"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74506","name":"RHSA-2026:74506","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_REDHAT"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-12542","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_REDHAT"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2489971","name":"RHBZ#2489971","tags":["issue-tracking","x_refsource_REDHAT"]}],"datePublic":"2026-10-01T12:20:00.000Z","problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-78","description":"Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}]}],"x_redhatCweChain":"CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')","workarounds":[{"lang":"en","value":"Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible."}],"timeline":[{"lang":"en","time":"2026-06-17T16:46:27.440Z","value":"Reported to Red Hat."},{"lang":"en","time":"2026-10-01T12:20:00.000Z","value":"Made public."}],"credits":[{"lang":"en","value":"This issue was discovered by Laura Pardo (Red Hat) and Toni Gornals (Red Hat)."}],"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749","shortName":"redhat","dateUpdated":"2026-10-02T17:37:02.943Z"},"x_generator":{"engine":"cvelib 1.8.0"}},"adp":[{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/07/7"}],"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","shortName":"CVE","dateUpdated":"2026-10-07T06:12:06.548Z"}}]}}