GHSA-fh3m-562m-w4f6 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: go — DigitalOcean Droplet Agent: Command Injection via Metadata Service Endpoint
A command injection vulnerability exists in DigitalOcean Droplet Agent through 1.3.2. The troubleshooting actioner component (internal/troubleshooting/actioner/actioner.go) processes metadata from the metadata service endpoint and executes commands specified in the TroubleshootingAgent.Requesting array without adequate input validation. While the code validates that artifacts exist in the validInvestigationArtifacts map, it fails to sanitize the actual command content after the "command:" prefix. This allows an attacker who can control metadata responses to inject and execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges. The attack is triggered by sending a TCP packet with specific sequence numbers to the SSH port, which causes the agent to fetch metadata from http://169.254.169.254/metadata/v1.json. The vulnerability affects the command execution flow in internal/troubleshooting/actioner/actioner.go (insufficient validation), internal/troubleshooting/command/exec.go (direct exec.CommandContext call), and internal/troubleshooting/command/command.go (command parsing without sanitization). This can lead to complete system compromise, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, and potential lateral movement across cloud infrastructure.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-24516 is rated High Risk (65.8/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.31%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +2.19% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 0.13% | 2.31% | +2.19% |
| 2 | 2026-05-30 | 0.15% | 0.13% | -0.02% |
| 3 | 2026-04-24 | — | 0.15% | — |
Full EPSS history (7 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
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| 8.8 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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2.8 | 5.9 | 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 |
GHSA-fh3m-562m-w4f6 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: go — DigitalOcean Droplet Agent: Command Injection via Metadata Service Endpoint
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| No affected products in dataset. | |||