CVE-2020-10789: It-Novum Openitcockpit

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

openITCOCKPIT before 3.7.3 has a web-based terminal that allows attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters that are mishandled on an su command line in app/Lib/SudoMessageInterface.php.

Affected products

• It-Novum Openitcockpit: before 3.7.3 (fixed in 3.7.3)

Published 2020-03-25. Last modified 2026-06-17.