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CVE-2026-5208

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Description

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
HIGH
CVSS score
7.2 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-04-08 12:16:22.383000
Last modified
2026-10-23 23:10:00.157000
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  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-04-08T12:16:22.383",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-23T23:10:00.157",
  "vulnStatus": "Analyzed",
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    },
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      "value": "Inyección de comandos en alertas en CoolerControl/coolercontrold anterior a 4.0.0 permite a atacantes autenticados ejecutar código arbitrario como root a través de comandos bash inyectados en nombres de alerta."
    }
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