CVE-2026-5208 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00054.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.0.0

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://gitlab.com/coolercontrol/coolercontrol/-/blob/3.1.0/coolercontrold/src/alerts.rs?ref_type=tags#L576
https://gitlab.com/coolercontrol/coolercontrol/-/releases/4.0.0

History

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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
Title		Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') in coolercontrold
Weaknesses		CWE-78
References		https://gitlab.com/coolercontrol/coolercontrol/-/blob/3.1.0/coolercontrold/src/alerts.rs?ref_type=tags#L576 https://gitlab.com/coolercontrol/coolercontrol/-/releases/4.0.0
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published: 2026-04-08T11:36:11.910Z

Updated: 2026-04-08T12:55:51.455Z

Reserved: 2026-03-31T09:35:01.724Z

Link: CVE-2026-5208

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-08T12:55:47.478Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-08T12:16:22.383

Modified: 2026-04-08T12:16:22.383

Link: CVE-2026-5208

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-78

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