CVE-2026-24893
openITCOCKPIT is an open source monitoring tool built for different monitoring engines. openITCOCKPIT Community Edition prior to version 5.5.2 contains a command injection vulnerability that allows an authenticated user with permission to add or modify…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
openITCOCKPIT is an open source monitoring tool built for different monitoring engines. openITCOCKPIT Community Edition prior to version 5.5.2 contains a command injection vulnerability that allows an authenticated user with permission to add or modify hosts to execute arbitrary OS commands on the monitoring backend. The vulnerability arises because user-controlled host attributes (specifically the host address) are expanded into monitoring command templates without validation, escaping, or quoting. These templates are later executed by the monitoring engine (Nagios/Icinga) via a shell, resulting in remote code execution. Version 5.5.2 patches the issue.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.40% probability · 71th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-78
- Affected
- it-novum/openitcockpit
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/openITCOCKPIT/openITCOCKPIT/releases/tag/openITCOCKPIT-5.5.2Product, Release Notes
- https://github.com/openITCOCKPIT/openITCOCKPIT/security/advisories/GHSA-789q-pw85-j2q2Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://openitcockpit.io/blog/posts/2026/2026-04-14-openitcockpit-agent-3.6.0-and-5.5.2Press/Media Coverage, Release Notes
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.