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CVE-2024-41961: Elektra vulnerable to remote code execution in universal search

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.6 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-08-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Elektra is an opinionated Openstack Dashboard for Operators and Consumers of Openstack Services. A code injection vulnerability was found in the live search functionality of the Ruby on Rails based Elektra web application. An authenticated user can craft a search term containing Ruby code, which later flows into an `eval` sink which executes the code. Fixed in commit 8bce00be93b95a6512ff68fe86bf9554e486bc02.

Affected products

• sapcc elektra: before 8bce00be93b95a6512ff68fe86bf9554e486bc02 — fixed in 8bce00be93b95a6512ff68fe86bf9554e486bc02

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: sapcc elektra 8bce00be93b95a6512ff68fe86bf9554e486bc02. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/sapcc/elektra/commit/49aea3b365082681558bf3bf7bf4a51766cfc44d
• https://github.com/sapcc/elektra/commit/8bce00be93b95a6512ff68fe86bf9554e486bc02
• https://github.com/sapcc/elektra/security/advisories/GHSA-6j2h-486h-487q

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