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CVE-2026-12541: Foreman: command injection in foreman-rake database tasks

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-10-01 · updated 2026-10-08
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

A flaw was found in Foreman. OS command injection vulnerabilities exist in the foreman-rake db:dump and db:import_dump tasks. The application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input in the destination parameter (during backups) and the file parameter (during imports) before passing them to a Ruby system() call for execution. An attacker with permissions to execute foreman-rake (e.g., via a restricted sudo configuration) can append malicious shell commands to the provided file paths.

Affected products

• Red Hat Satellite 6: from 6.16 before 6.16.4; from 6.17 before 6.17.12; from 6.19 before 6.19.5; from 6.18 before 6.18.10; 6.0 — fixed in 6.16.4, 6.17.12, 6.18.10, 6.19.5
• foreman: all versions

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Red Hat Satellite 6 6.16.4, 6.17.12, 6.18.10, 6.19.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

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-2026-12541
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2489970
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/07/8

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