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CVE-2026-24891

7.5 · HIGH
Published Feb 20, 2026 it-novum CWE-502

Overview

CVE-2026-24891 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting it-novum openitcockpit. It was published on February 20, 2026 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical Description

openITCOCKPIT is an open source monitoring tool built for different monitoring engines like Nagios, Naemon and Prometheus. Versions 5.3.1 and below contain an unsafe deserialization sink in the Gearman worker implementation. The worker function registered as oitc_gearman calls PHP's unserialize() on job payloads without enforcing class restrictions or validating data origin. While the intended deployment assumes only trusted internal components enqueue Gearman jobs, this trust boundary is not enforced in application code. In environments where the Gearman service or worker is exposed to untrusted systems, an attacker may submit crafted serialized payloads to trigger PHP Object Injection in the worker process. This vulnerability is exploitable when Gearman listens on non-local interfaces, network access to TCP/4730 is unrestricted, or untrusted systems can enqueue jobs. Default, correctly hardened deployments may not be immediately exploitable, but the unsafe sink remains present in cod

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from it-novum. Update openitcockpit to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

Vendor Product Versions Status
it-novum openitcockpit >= 0, < 5.4.0 Affected

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2026-24891?

CVE-2026-24891 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting it-novum openitcockpit. It was published on February 20, 2026 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

How severe is CVE-2026-24891?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2026-24891?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from it-novum. Update openitcockpit to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

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