CVE-2024-41961
Elektra vulnerable to remote code execution in universal search
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Elektra vulnerable to remote code execution in universal search
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.
- Record
CVE-2024-41961- CVSS 3.1
- 9.2 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H/E:X/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-39295
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.
- Record
EUVD-2024-39295- CVSS 3.1
- 9.2 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H/E:X/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2024-41961- CVSS 3.1
- 9.6 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Elektra vulnerable to remote code execution in universal search
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.
- Record
CVE-2024-41961- CVSS 3.1
- 9.6 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H/E:X/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-41961 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.2) in Sapcc Elektra, published August 1, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.62%, the 50th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/sapcc/elektra/security/advisories/GHSA-6j2h-486h-487q
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41961