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.
Published: 2026-04-14
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Remote Code Execution
Action: Immediate Patch
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History

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:it-novum:openitcockpit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products It-novum
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Metrics ssvc

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


Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:00:00 +0000

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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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It-novum Openitcockpit
Openitcockpit Openitcockpit
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-15T13:40:30.971Z

Reserved: 2026-01-27T19:35:20.529Z

Link: CVE-2026-24893

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Updated: 2026-04-15T13:40:27.440Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-04-14T21:16:24.987

Modified: 2026-04-28T17:21:10.563

Link: CVE-2026-24893

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Updated: 2026-04-15T14:41:09Z

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