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TI-2024-17371 Aliases CVE-2024-26290GHSA-j695-2cjc-466g

Authenticated Remote Command Injection affecting Avid NEXIS

Priority HIGH 73CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Avid Avid NEXIS E-series on Linux, Avid Avid NEXIS F-series on Linux, Avid Avid NEXIS PRO+ on Linux, Avid System Director Appliance (SDA+) on Linux allows code execution on underlying operating system with root permissions.This issue affects Avid NEXIS E-series: before 2024.6.0; Avid NEXIS F-series: before 2024.6.0; Avid NEXIS PRO+: before 2024.6.0; System Director Appliance (SDA+): before 2024.6.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00517 44th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Avid NEXIS E-series (Avid): 2024.6.0Avid NEXIS F-series (Avid): 2024.6.0+2 more products

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
AvidAvid NEXIS E-seriesbefore 2024.6.02024.6.0Patch availableCNA
AvidAvid NEXIS F-seriesbefore 2024.6.02024.6.0Patch availableCNA
AvidAvid NEXIS PRO+before 2024.6.02024.6.0Patch availableCNA
AvidSystem Director Appliance (SDA+)before 2024.6.02024.6.0Patch availableCNA
  • Avid NEXIS E-series VendorAvid Affected before 2024.6.0 Fixed in 2024.6.0 Patch available CNA
  • Avid NEXIS F-series VendorAvid Affected before 2024.6.0 Fixed in 2024.6.0 Patch available CNA
  • Avid NEXIS PRO+ VendorAvid Affected before 2024.6.0 Fixed in 2024.6.0 Patch available CNA
  • System Director Appliance (SDA+) VendorAvid Affected before 2024.6.0 Fixed in 2024.6.0 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Avid NEXIS E-series (Avid) Fixed in 2024.6.0
  • Fix · CNA Avid NEXIS F-series (Avid) Fixed in 2024.6.0
  • Fix · CNA Avid NEXIS PRO+ (Avid) Fixed in 2024.6.0
  • Fix · CNA System Director Appliance (SDA+) (Avid) Fixed in 2024.6.0

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-26290
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j695-2cjc-466g

References

  • TI-2011-04285 Stack-based buffer overflow in the Phonetic Indexer (AvidPhoneticIndexer.exe) in Avid… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2024-17374 Unauthenticated Path Traversal affecting Avid NEXIS CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2024-17372 Authenticated Arbitrary File Read affecting Avid NEXIS CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2024-17373 Authenticated Arbitrary File Deletion affecting Avid NEXIS CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1

Sources