# CVE-2026-24893: openITCOCKPIT has Authenticated Command Injection Leading to Remote Code Execution via Host Address Macro Expansion

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.5.2
- Published: 2026-04-14 · Updated: 2026-04-15

## Affected

- openITCOCKPIT: fixed in 5.5.2

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on openITCOCKPIT, upgrade to a fixed version (5.5.2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/openITCOCKPIT/openITCOCKPIT/security/advisories/GHSA-789q-pw85-j2q2
- https://github.com/openITCOCKPIT/openITCOCKPIT/releases/tag/openITCOCKPIT-5.5.2
- https://openitcockpit.io/blog/posts/2026/2026-04-14-openitcockpit-agent-3.6.0-and-5.5.2

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