Netdata is an open source observability tool. Prior to 2.10.4, the setuid-root ndsudo helper command fail2ban-client-status-socket in src/collectors/utils/ndsudo.c accepts a caller-controlled --socket_path from the low-privileged netdata service account. The account can direct root fail2ban-client to a malicious UNIX socket, and fail2ban/client/csocket.py CSocket.receive() passes the returned data to pickle.loads(), allowing attacker-controlled code to execute as root on systems with fail2ban-client installed. This issue is fixed in version 2.10.4 and nightly build 2.10.0-782-nightly.

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Tue, 22 Sep 2026 19:00:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description Netdata is an open source observability tool. Prior to 2.10.4, the setuid-root ndsudo helper command fail2ban-client-status-socket in src/collectors/utils/ndsudo.c accepts a caller-controlled --socket_path from the low-privileged netdata service account. The account can direct root fail2ban-client to a malicious UNIX socket, and fail2ban/client/csocket.py CSocket.receive() passes the returned data to pickle.loads(), allowing attacker-controlled code to execute as root on systems with fail2ban-client installed. This issue is fixed in version 2.10.4 and nightly build 2.10.0-782-nightly.
Title Netdata: Local Root via ndsudo Arbitrary socket_path → fail2ban-client Pickle RCE
Weaknesses CWE-502
CWE-73
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-22T17:43:23.328Z

Reserved: 2026-08-31T20:36:25.743Z

Link: CVE-2026-83603

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-22T17:35:39.307Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-22T17:17:26.550

Modified: 2026-09-22T18:17:22.557

Link: CVE-2026-83603

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-22T18:45:18Z

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