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.
Published: 2026-10-01
Score: 8.2 High
EPSS: 1.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 07:30:00 +0000

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Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sun, 04 Oct 2026 22:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Theforeman
Theforeman foreman
Vendors & Products Theforeman
Theforeman foreman

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.17::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.17::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.17::el9
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Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Thu, 01 Oct 2026 23:45:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.16::el8
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.16::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.18::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el8
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.18::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.16::el8
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.16::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.18::el9
References

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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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.
Title Foreman: command injection in foreman-rake errors:fetch_log via request_id parameter
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat satellite
Redhat satellite Capsule
Redhat satellite Utils
Weaknesses CWE-78
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.19::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.19::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.19::el9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat satellite
Redhat satellite Capsule
Redhat satellite Utils
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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Redhat Satellite Satellite Capsule Satellite Utils
Theforeman Foreman
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-07T06:12:04.368Z

Reserved: 2026-06-17T17:41:07.752Z

Link: CVE-2026-12540

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Updated: 2026-10-07T06:12:04.368Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-10-01T17:17:20.053

Modified: 2026-10-07T07:17:00.040

Link: CVE-2026-12540

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-10-01T12:20:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-12540 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2026-10-04T20:58:05Z

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