CVE-2026-24893 openITCOCKPIT has Authenticated Command Injection Leading to Remote Code Execution via Host Address Macro Expansion
Authenticated users can execute arbitrary OS commands on the monitoring backend by injecting malicious input into host address fields.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-24893?
CVE-2026-24893 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in openITCOCKPIT, published on 14 Apr 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-24893?
It affects 1 product.
Products include It-Novum Openitcockpit.
How do I fix CVE-2026-24893?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-24893 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2026-24893 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-24893 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in openITCOCKPIT
Sources
Also known as GHSA-789q-pw85-j2q2.