# CVE-2024-49368: Unchecked logrotate settings lead to arbitrary command execution

- Exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-10-21
- CVSS: 8.9 HIGH (v4.0)
- EPSS: 27.7% (98th percentile)
- CWE: CWE-20

Nginx UI is a web user interface for the Nginx web server. Prior to version 2.0.0-beta.36, when Nginx UI configures logrotate, it does not verify the input and directly passes it to exec.Command, causing arbitrary command execution. Version 2.0.0-beta.36 fixes this issue.

## Edge WAF coverage (claimed by vendors, not measured)

| Vendor | Status | First rule | Days after publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | Blocks by default | 2025-01-06 | 77 |
| AWS | No public claim | — | — |
| Microsoft Azure | No public claim | — | — |
| Google Cloud | No public claim | — | — |
| Fastly | Before feed history | — | — |
| F5 | No public claim | — | — |
| Akamai | No public source | — | — |
| OWASP CRS | No public claim | — | — |

### Cloudflare

- 2025-01-06 · new · rule c8f65bc9eeef4665820ecfe411b7a8c7 · default Block
  > Nginxui - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2024-49368. Previous action: Log. New action: Block. New Detection
  Source: https://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2025-01-06-waf-release/

"No public claim" means no vendor statement names this CVE; "Before feed history" means the CVE is older than the vendor feed. In both cases generic rules may still block it.

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