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CVE-2026-5208: coolercontrold from 3.1.0 (inclusive), through 4.0.0 (inclusive), 3.1.0 to before 4.0.0
CVE-2026-5208. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.2 (HIGH, NVD). EPSS 0.01501 (percentile 0.7409), scored 22-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
coolercontrold · from 3.1.0 (inclusive), through 4.0.0 (inclusive)
coolercontrol
coolercontrold · 3.1.0 to before 4.0.0
CoolerControl
Component: Not specified by the source
Attack conditions (Vendor/CNA, CVSS 3.1): Local · High privileges required · No user interaction required
Attack conditions (NVD, CVSS 3.1): Network (remote) · High privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary code as root via injected bash commands in alert names. Vendor/CNA’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 8.2/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. NVD’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.2/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high.
- CWE
- CWE-78
- CCR priority
- 29.2 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · NVD
- EPSS
- 0.01501 · percentile 0.7409 · 2026-10-22
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-24 01:40:49.068977+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-5208.html