CVE-2021-37347

HIGH

Nagios XI < 5.8.5 - Local Privilege Escalation via getprofile.sh Directory Argument

Title source: llm

Description

Nagios XI before version 5.8.5 is vulnerable to local privilege escalation because getprofile.sh does not validate the directory name it receives as an argument.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0008

EPSS Percentile 24.5%

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-22

Status published

Products (1)

nagios/nagios_xi < 5.8.5

Published Aug 13, 2021

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026