What is CVE-2024-23971?

CVE-2024-23971 is a high-severity vulnerability in Chargepoint Home Flex, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-01-31.

How severe is CVE-2024-23971?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

RCE in Chargepoint Home Flex

CVE-2024-23971

This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of ChargePoint Home Flex charging stations. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of OCPP messages. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.005 (40.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-23971?: CVE-2024-23971 is a high-severity vulnerability in Chargepoint Home Flex, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-01-31.
How severe is CVE-2024-23971?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.