Description
In Nagios XI through 5.8.5, a read-only Nagios user (due to an incorrect permission check) is able to schedule downtime for any host/services. This allows an attacker to permanently disable all monitoring checks.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/CHANGES-5.TXT
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/4LPH4-NL/CVEs
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/sT0wn-nl/CVEs/blob/master/README.md#nagios-xi
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0054
EPSS Percentile
67.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-863
Status
published
Products (1)
nagios/nagios_xi
< 5.8.5
Published
Jun 29, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026