CVE-2026-24712

high
Published 2026-05-14 ยท Modified 2026-05-19
CVSS v3
7.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.3

Description

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

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
82%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

Mitigation details

Source: Debian Security Tracker ยท View original โ†— ยท DFSG

CVE-2026-24712 NameCVE-2026-24712 DescriptionNorthern.tech CFEngine Enterprise and Community before 3.21.8, 3.24.3, and 3.27.0 allows Command injection. SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) Vulnerable and fixed packages The table below lists information on source packages.โ€ฆ

CVE-2026-24712

NameCVE-2026-24712
DescriptionNorthern.tech CFEngine Enterprise and Community before 3.21.8, 3.24.3, and 3.27.0 allows Command injection.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
cfengine3 (PTS)bullseye3.15.2-3vulnerable
bookworm3.21.0-2vulnerable
trixie3.24.1-2vulnerable
forky, sid3.24.2-1vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
cfengine3source(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

https://cfengine.com/blog/2026/cve-2026-24710-and-cve-2026-24711-and-cve-2026-24712/

Home - Debian Security - Source (Git)

Apply commands

text fix
Notes
https://cfengine.com/blog/2026/cve-2026-24710-and-cve-2026-24711-and-cve-2026-24712/

OS impact

debian Debian Affected 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Affected โ€”
sid Affected โ€”
forky Affected โ€”
bullseye Affected โ€”
bookworm Affected โ€”

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
northern.techcfengine{"endExcluding":"3.21.8"}3.21.8
northern.techcfengine3.26.0

References

CWEs

CWE-77

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.