What is CVE-2024-42167?

CVE-2024-42167 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Fiware Keyrock, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2024-08-12.

How severe is CVE-2024-42167?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

RCE in Fiware Keyrock

CVE-2024-42167

The function "generate_app_certificates" in controllers/saml2/saml2.js of FIWARE Keyrock <= 8.4 does not neutralize special elements used in an OS Command properly. This allows an authenticated user with permissions to create applications to execute commands by creating an application with a malicious organisationname.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2024-08-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (39.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 39.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Fiware Keyrock — versions 0
Fiware Keyrock

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

www.ait.ac.at/themen/cyber-security/pentesting/security-advisories (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-42167?: CVE-2024-42167 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Fiware Keyrock, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2024-08-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-42167?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.