CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-28906
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-05-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-276
Description
Incorrect File Permissions in Nagios XI 5.7.5 and earlier and Nagios Fusion 4.1.8 and earlier allows for Privilege Escalation to root. Low-privileged users are able to modify files that are included (aka sourced) by scripts executed by root.
Affected configurations
• nagios fusion (<= 4.1.8)
• nagios nagios xi (<= 5.7.5)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162783/Nagios-XI-Fusion-Privilege-Escalation-Cross-Site-Scripting-Code-Execution.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://skylightcyber.com/2021/05/20/13-nagios-vulnerabilities-7-will-shock-you/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162783/Nagios-XI-Fusion-Privilege-Escalation-Cross-Site-Scripting-Code-Execution.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://skylightcyber.com/2021/05/20/13-nagios-vulnerabilities-7-will-shock-you/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory