CVE-2026-12540
highA flaw was found in Foreman.
Vendor / product: Redhat — satellite
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.
CVSS
8.2
8.2 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (secalert@redhat.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-10-01 17:17
Modified: 2026-10-08 13:16
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 3 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:56 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
redhat / satellite ≥6.16 <6.16.4, ≥6.17 <6.17.12, ≥6.19 <6.19.5, ≥6.18 <6.18.10, 6.0
theforeman / foreman all versions
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
Vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74503
Vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74504
Vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74505
Vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74506
Vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-12540
Vendor advisory: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2489969
Patch / mitigation: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2489969
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74503 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74504 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74505 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74506 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-12540 secalert@redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2489969 secalert@redhat.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/07/9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:56 UTC · record ↗