CVE-2024-6048
Openfind MailGates and MailAudit - OS Command Injection
Openfind's MailGates and MailAudit fail to properly filter user input when analyzing email attachments. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to inject system commands and execute them on the remote server.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Openfind MailGates and MailAudit - OS Command Injection
Openfind's MailGates and MailAudit fail to properly filter user input when analyzing email attachments. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to inject system commands and execute them on the remote server.
- Record
CVE-2024-6048- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-47206
Openfind's MailGates and MailAudit fail to properly filter user input when analyzing email attachments. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to inject system commands and execute them on the remote server.
- Record
EUVD-2024-47206- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5g42-7p6q-pmq3
Openfind's MailGates and MailAudit fail to properly filter user input when analyzing email...
Openfind's MailGates and MailAudit fail to properly filter user input when analyzing email attachments. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to inject system commands and execute them on the remote server.
- Record
GHSA-5g42-7p6q-pmq3- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Openfind's MailGates and MailAudit fail to properly filter user input when analyzing email attachments. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to inject system commands and execute them on the remote server.
- Record
CVE-2024-6048- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-6048 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Openfind Mailaudit, published June 17, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.68%, the 52nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.