{"id":"CVE-2026-66088","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-66088","generatedAt":"2026-11-04T11:42:43.634Z","title":"In openEQUELLA before 2026.1, the system.execute() function available to the scripting engine runs supplied operating system commands without validation or an allow-list of permitted executables.","description":"In openEQUELLA before 2026.1, the system.execute() function available to the scripting engine runs supplied operating system commands without validation or an allow-list of permitted executables. A user able to create or edit scripts can use it to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the openEQUELLA service account.","published":"2026-10-29T02:16:53.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-29T15:56:34.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"9c1820ae-fb77-4810-a8aa-ca46e7474d2f","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":9.4,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-78","CWE-749"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00685,"percentile":0.52646,"date":"2026-11-03","history":[{"date":"2026-10-29","score":0.00685,"percentile":0.52515}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.69%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-29T02:16:53.000Z","detail":{"score":"9.4","severity":"CRITICAL","publishedAt":"2026-10-29T02:16:52.523Z"},"summary":"New CVE, critical severity (CVSS 9.4)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/openequella/openEQUELLA/security/advisories/GHSA-q8xp-w3fr-hj4v","source":"9c1820ae-fb77-4810-a8aa-ca46e7474d2f"},{"url":"https://openequella.github.io/guides/","source":"9c1820ae-fb77-4810-a8aa-ca46e7474d2f"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-66088","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}