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title: "CVE-2026-12405: Red Hat Satellite - Command Injection"
description: "Red Hat Satellite API in rubygem-foreman_remote_execution contains a command injection caused by improper sanitization of the effective_user parameter in job templates marked as overridable, letting attackers with job execution permissions run arbitrary shell commands with execution user privileges, exploit requires permission to execute job templates."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-12405/
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# CVE-2026-12405 Red Hat Satellite - Command Injection

Red Hat Satellite API in rubygem-foreman\_remote\_execution contains a command injection caused by improper sanitization of the effective\_user parameter in job templates marked as overridable, letting attackers with job execution permissions run arbitrary shell commands with execution user privileges, exploit requires permission to execute job templates.

CVSS base score 8.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

1.54% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12405)

## Details

Type

Command Injection

Impact

Remote Code Execution

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

1 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-78](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version of rubygem-foreman\_remote\_execution with the fix applied.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12405](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12405)
- [https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74504](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74504)
- [https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74506](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74506)
- [https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74505](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74505)
- [http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/07/11](http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/07/11)
- [https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74503](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74503)
- [https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-12405](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-12405)
- [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show\_bug.cgi?id=2488952](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2488952)

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