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Unchecked logrotate settings lead to arbitrary command execution

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Nginx UI is a web user interface for the Nginx web server. Prior to version 2.0.0-beta.36, when Nginx UI configures logrotate, it does not verify the input and directly passes it to exec.Command, causing arbitrary command execution. Version 2.0.0-beta.36 fixes this issue.

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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2024-49368
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
6 Nov 2026, 04:02 UTC · Revision 1

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Unchecked logrotate settings lead to arbitrary command execution

core-osv · Original source

Published 21 Oct 2024, 17:04 UTC

Nginx UI is a web user interface for the Nginx web server. Prior to version 2.0.0-beta.36, when Nginx UI configures logrotate, it does not verify the input and directly passes it to exec.Command, causing arbitrary command execution. Version 2.0.0-beta.36 fixes this issue.

osv:CVE-2024-49368
Complete source record
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