VulnerabilityAnalyzed

CVE-2026-5208

Command injection in alerts in CoolerControl/coolercontrold <4.0.0 allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code as root via injected bash commands in alert names

HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.97%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.97%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Command injection in alerts in CoolerControl/coolercontrold <4.0.0 allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code as root via injected bash commands in alert names

CVSS 3.1: 7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.97% probability · 60th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-78
Affected: coolercontrol/coolercontrold
Source: cve@gitlab.com

References

https://gitlab.com/coolercontrol/coolercontrol/-/blob/3.1.0/coolercontrold/src/alerts.rs?ref_type=tags#L576Product
https://gitlab.com/coolercontrol/coolercontrol/-/releases/4.0.0Release Notes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.