# CVE-2024-4196: Avaya IP Office Web Control RCE Vulnerability

> Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code on Avaya IP Office systems via crafted web requests to the Web Control component.

- **Severity:** Critical 10.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-ffvh-2c66-6xgp

## What is CVE-2024-4196?

CVE-2024-4196 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Avaya IP Office, published on 25 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An improper input validation vulnerability  was discovered in Avaya IP Office that could allow remote command or code execution via a specially crafted web request to the Web Control component. Affected versions include all versions prior to 11.1.3.1.

Weakness: CWE-782 (Exposed IOCTL with Insufficient Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4196?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Avaya Ip Office.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-4196?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4196 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-4196 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4196 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Avaya IP Office

- [CVE-2024-4197](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4197/): Avaya IP Office One-X Portal File Upload Vulnerability (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2017-11309](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-11309/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2021-25657](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25657/): Avaya IP Office Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2018-15610](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15610/): Improper access controls in IP Office one-X Portal (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2018-15614](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15614/): IP Office one-X Portal XSS (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-4196 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-4196 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Avaya IP Office, published on 25 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4196 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Avaya IP Office. 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-2024-4196/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4196/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4196
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4196
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-4196

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4196/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.