# CVE-2026-12545: Rubygem-hammer\_cli: command injection via insecure editor invocation

- Severity: CVSS 6.7 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-10-01 · Updated: 2026-10-07

## Affected

- rubygem-hammer\_cli: version range not reported
- rubygem-hammer\_cli: version range not reported
- rubygem-hammer\_cli: version range not reported
- rubygem-hammer\_cli: version range not reported
- rubygem-hammer\_cli: version range not reported
- satellite-utils:el8/rubygem-hammer\_cli: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in rubygem-hammer_cli. A command injection vulnerability exists in Hammer CLI and the Railties (Ruby on Rails) component distributed with Satellite due to the insecure interpolation of the $EDITOR environment variable into the Ruby system() method. By passing a single interpolated string to system(), the application invokes a system shell (/bin/sh) that interprets shell metacharacters (e.g., ;, |, &).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on rubygem-hammer\_cli, satellite-utils:el8/rubygem-hammer\_cli, 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-2026-12545
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2489993

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