# CVE-2024-41961: Elektra vulnerable to remote code execution in universal search

- Severity: CVSS 9.2 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H/E:X/RL:O/RC:C
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-08-01 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- sapcc elektra: version range not reported

## Description

Elektra is an opinionated Openstack Dashboard for Operators and Consumers of Openstack Services. A code injection vulnerability was found in the live search functionality of the Ruby on Rails based Elektra web application. An authenticated user can craft a search term containing Ruby code, which later flows into an `eval` sink which executes the code. Fixed in commit 8bce00be93b95a6512ff68fe86bf9554e486bc02.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on sapcc elektra, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/sapcc/elektra/security/advisories/GHSA-6j2h-486h-487q
- https://github.com/sapcc/elektra/commit/49aea3b365082681558bf3bf7bf4a51766cfc44d
- https://github.com/sapcc/elektra/commit/8bce00be93b95a6512ff68fe86bf9554e486bc02

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