# CVE-2024-26290: Authenticated Remote Command Injection affecting Avid NEXIS

> Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on Avid NEXIS storage systems and System Director Appliances.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j695-2cjc-466g

## What is CVE-2024-26290?

CVE-2024-26290 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Avid NEXIS E-series, published on 12 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Avid Avid NEXIS E-series on Linux, Avid Avid NEXIS F-series on Linux, Avid Avid NEXIS PRO+ on Linux, Avid System Director Appliance (SDA+) on Linux allows code execution on underlying operating system with root permissions.This issue affects Avid NEXIS E-series: before 2024.6.0; Avid NEXIS F-series: before 2024.6.0; Avid NEXIS PRO+: before 2024.6.0; System Director Appliance (SDA+): before 2024.6.0.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26290?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-26290?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-26290 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-26290 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-26290 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-26290 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-26290 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Avid NEXIS E-series, published on 12 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-26290 exists.

Affected product: Avid NEXIS E-series. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26290/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26290/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-26290
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26290
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26290

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26290/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.