What is CVE-2026-24712?

CVE-2026-24712 is a high-severity vulnerability in Northern.tech Cfengine, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2026-05-14.

How severe is CVE-2026-24712?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.

RCE in Northern.tech Cfengine

CVE-2026-24712

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

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2026-05-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 58.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Northern.tech Cfengine — versions 3.26.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

northern.tech (Product)
cfengine.com/blog/2026/cve-2026-24710-and-cve-2026-24711-and-cve-2026-24712/ (Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-24712?: CVE-2026-24712 is a high-severity vulnerability in Northern.tech Cfengine, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2026-05-14.
How severe is CVE-2026-24712?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.