CVE-2026-24516

HIGHPre-NVD 8.88.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-03-23. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
8.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 3%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8(medium)
EG Risk
45(Track)
EG Risk 45/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity88% × 45%
Exploitation3% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
3%
EPSS %ILE
84%
KEV
Not listed

Published

March 23, 2026

Last Modified

June 17, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Aug 2, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🟡 PoC Available

GitHub - poxsky/CVE-2026-24516-DigitalOcean-RCE: Critical Pre-Auth Root RCE (CVSS 10.0) in DigitalOcean Droplet Agent up to v1.3.2 via Command Injection. · GitHub

https://github.com/poxsky/CVE-2026-24516-DigitalOcean-RCE
generic

droplet-agent/internal/troubleshooting/command/exec.go at main · digitalocean/droplet-agent · GitHub

https://github.com/digitalocean/droplet-agent/blob/main/internal/troubleshooting/command/exec.go
generic

droplet-agent/internal/troubleshooting/command/command.go at main · digitalocean/droplet-agent · GitHub

https://github.com/digitalocean/droplet-agent/blob/main/internal/troubleshooting/command/command.go
generic

droplet-agent/internal/troubleshooting/actioner/actioner.go at main · digitalocean/droplet-agent · GitHub

https://github.com/digitalocean/droplet-agent/blob/main/internal/troubleshooting/actioner/actioner.go

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
gogithub.com/digitalocean/droplet-agent—ghsa

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
github.com/digitalocean/droplet-agent———

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 4× in last 7d / 24× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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  48. 2026-07-27 14:15 UTCGHSA enrichment

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-24516?
CVE-2026-24516 is a high vulnerability published on March 23, 2026. 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…
When was CVE-2026-24516 disclosed?
CVE-2026-24516 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 23, 2026, with the most recent update on June 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-24516 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-24516 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 16.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-24516?
CVE-2026-24516 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-24516?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-24516, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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