CVE-2018-8736

HIGH

Nagios XI <5.4.13 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Nagios XI 5.2.x through 5.4.x before 5.4.13 allows an attacker to leverage an RCE vulnerability escalating to root.

Exploits (4)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Metasploit · rubyremotelinux

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44969

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exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Jared Arave · pythonwebappsphp

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44560

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metasploit WORKING POC MANUAL

by Cale Smith, Benny Husted, Jared Arave · rubypoclinux

https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/nagios_xi_chained_rce_2_electric_boogaloo.rb

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metasploit WORKING POC EXCELLENT

by Francesco Oddo, wvu · rubypocunix

https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/nagios_xi_chained_rce.rb

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References (6)

[Release Notes, Vendor Advisory] https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/CHANGES-5.TXT

[Exploit, Release Notes, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory] https://blog.redactedsec.net/exploits/2018/04/26/nagios.html

[Third Party Advisory] https://gist.github.com/caleBot/f0a93b5a98574393e0139104eacc2d0f

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44560/

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44969/

[Release Notes, Vendor Advisory] https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.6461

EPSS Percentile 98.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published

Products (1)

nagios/nagios_xi 5.2.0 - 5.4.13

Published Apr 18, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026