CVE-2026-5208 (GCVE-0-2026-5208)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-08 11:36 – Updated: 2026-04-08 12:55
VLAI?
Title
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') in coolercontrold
Summary
Command injection in alerts in CoolerControl/coolercontrold <4.0.0 allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code as root via injected bash commands in alert names
Severity ?
8.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
CoolerControl coolercontrold Affected: 3.1.0 , < 4.0.0 (semver)
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Credits
https://gitlab.com/lassi-3
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