# CVE-2026-12542: Foreman: command injection in foreman-tail

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-10-01 · Updated: 2026-10-07

## Affected

- foreman: version range not reported
- foreman: version range not reported
- foreman: version range not reported
- foreman: version range not reported
- foreman: version range not reported
- satellite:el8/foreman: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on foreman, satellite:el8/foreman, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74503
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74504
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74505
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74506
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-12542
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2489971

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