CVE-2026-24893

openITCOCKPIT has Authenticated Command Injection Leading to Remote Code Execution via Host Address Macro Expansion

Published Apr 14, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 8.8 High EPSS 1.5% KEV · Not listed
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.

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared It-novum
It-novum openitcockpit
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:it-novum:openitcockpit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products It-novum
It-novum openitcockpit
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Openitcockpit
Openitcockpit openitcockpit
Vendors & Products Openitcockpit
Openitcockpit openitcockpit
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title openITCOCKPIT has Authenticated Command Injection Leading to Remote Code Execution via Host Address Macro Expansion
Weaknesses CWE-20
CWE-78
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Apr 15, 2026, 1:40 PM
Reserved
Jan 27, 2026, 7:35 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Apr 14, 2026, 9:16 PM
Modified
Jul 25, 2026, 11:10 AM