CVE-2016-0726

CRITICAL

Nagios - Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The Fedora Nagios package uses "nagiosadmin" as the default password for the "nagiosadmin" administrator account, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access by leveraging knowledge of the credentials.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1295446

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0035
EPSS Percentile 57.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-798
Status published
Products (1)
nagios/nagios
Published Jun 06, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026