CVE-2021-37345

HIGH

Nagios XI < 5.8.5 - Local Privilege Escalation via xi-sys.cfg Import

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Nagios XI before version 5.8.5 is vulnerable to local privilege escalation because xi-sys.cfg is being imported from the var directory for some scripts with elevated permissions.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://nagios.com

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 6.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-269
Status published
Products (1)
nagios/nagios_xi < 5.8.5
Published Aug 13, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026