CVE-2024-6048
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedOpenfind'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.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThis is a command injection vulnerability in Openfind's MailGates and MailAudit email security products. The products fail to properly sanitize user input when analyzing email attachments, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to inject and execute arbitrary system commands on the server. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this is a critical RCE vulnerability exploitable without any authentication.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm product installationIdentify whether Openfind MailGates or MailAudit is installed on the system by reviewing installed software, services, or running processes related to Openfind mail products.Affected if The system is running Openfind MailGates or MailAudit email security products.
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Determine installed versionLocate the version information for the installed MailGates or MailAudit installation using vendor documentation, product interfaces, or system files where version metadata is stored.Affected if The installed version falls within any vulnerable version range for CVE-2024-6048.
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Verify attachment analysis feature is activeCheck whether the email attachment scanning or analysis module is enabled in the product configuration, as this is the vulnerable attack surface.Affected if The attachment analysis feature is enabled and accessible to process incoming email attachments.
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Assess network exposureDetermine if the mail gateway service is exposed to unauthenticated network access, as this vulnerability is exploitable without authentication.Affected if The product is reachable from untrusted networks without authentication barriers.
A system is affected if it runs a vulnerable version of Openfind MailGates or MailAudit with the attachment analysis feature enabled and accessible to unauthenticated users.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply the vendor patch or update to MailGates/MailAudit immediately. If no patch is available, consider network segmentation to limit exposure and deploy WAF rules to detect command injection patterns in email traffic.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-6048 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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