Northern.tech CFEngine Community/CFEngine Enterprise up to 3.21.7/3.24.2/3.26.x command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Northern.tech CFEngine Community and CFEngine Enterprise up to 3.21.7/3.24.2/3.26.x. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to command injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-24712. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Northern.tech CFEngine Community and CFEngine Enterprise up to 3.21.7/3.24.2/3.26.x and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Northern.tech CFEngine Enterprise and Community before 3.21.8, 3.24.3, and 3.27.0 allows Command injection.

This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-24712 since 01/24/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1202.

Upgrading to version 3.21.8, 3.24.3 or 3.27.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Command injection
CWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: CFEngine Community/CFEngine Enterprise 3.21.8/3.24.3/3.27.0

Timelineinfo

01/24/2026 CVE reserved
05/14/2026 +109 days Advisory disclosed
05/14/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
05/19/2026 +5 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-24712 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-24712
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-363884

Entryinfo

Created: 05/14/2026 17:26
Updated: 05/19/2026 10:56
Changes: 05/14/2026 17:26 (53), 05/19/2026 10:56 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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