Description
A flaw was found in Foreman. 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 products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.18 for RHEL 9 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.19 for RHEL 9 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6 | — | — |
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2026-3712 Foreman: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 12, 2026
References
- RHSA-2026:74503 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:74504 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:74505 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:74506 vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-12542 vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2489971 issue-tracking