CVE-2026-24893 | openITCOCKPIT up to 5.5.1 input validation (GHSA-789q-pw85-j2q2)

VDB-357587 · CVE-2026-24893 · GHSA-789Q-PW85-J2Q2 OPENITCOCKPIT UP TO 5.5.1 INPUT VALIDATION HISTORYDIFFRELATEJSONXMLCTI CVSS Meta Temp Score Current Exploit Price (≈) CTI Interest Score 8.6 $0-$5k 1.52+ Summaryinfo A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in openITCOCKPIT up to 5.5.1. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-24893. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. Detailsinfo A vulnerability was found in openITCOCKPIT up to 5.5.1. It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is: 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. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-24893 since 01/27/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/14/2026). Upgrading to version 5.5.2 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Productinfo Name openITCOCKPIT Version 5.5.0 5.5.1 Website Product: https://github.com/openITCOCKPIT/openITCOCKPIT/ CPE 2.3info 🔒 🔒 CPE 2.2info 🔒 🔒 CVSSv4info VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CVSSv3info VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8 VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.6 VulDB Base Score: 8.8 VulDB Temp Score: 8.4 VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CNA Base Score: 8.8 CNA Vector (GitHub_M): 🔒 CVSSv2info Vector Complexity Authentication Confidentiality Integrity Availability Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock VulDB Base Score: 🔒 VulDB Temp Score: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 Exploitinginfo Class: Input validation CWE: CWE-20 CAPEC: 🔒 ATT&CK: 🔒 Physical: No Local: No Remote: Yes Availability: 🔒 Status: Not defined Price Prediction: 🔍 Current Price Estimation: 🔒 0-Day Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Today Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Threat Intelligenceinfo Interest: 🔍 Active Actors: 🔍 Active APT Groups: 🔍 Countermeasuresinfo Recommended: Upgrade Status: 🔍 0-Day Time: 🔒 Upgrade: openITCOCKPIT 5.5.2 Timelineinfo 01/27/2026 CVE reserved 04/14/2026 +76 days Advisory disclosed 04/14/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created 04/14/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update Sourcesinfo Product: github.com Advisory: GHSA-789q-pw85-j2q2 Status: Confirmed CVE: CVE-2026-24893 (🔒) GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-24893 GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-357587 Entryinfo Created: 04/14/2026 23:53 Changes: 04/14/2026 23:53 (63) Complete: 🔍 Cache ID: 99:D81:101 Discussion No comments yet. Languages: en. Please log in to comment. ◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸