CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-33178
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-10-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 8.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
Description
The Manage Backgrounds functionality within NagVis versions prior to 1.9.29 is vulnerable to an authenticated path traversal vulnerability. Exploitation of this results in a malicious actor having the ability to arbitrarily delete files on the local system.
Affected configurations
• nagvis nagvis (< 1.9.29)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- https://nagvis.org/downloads/changelog/1.9.29 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.synopsys.com/blogs/software-security/cyrc-advisory-nagios-xi Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00000.html lists.debian.org
- https://nagvis.org/downloads/changelog/1.9.29 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.synopsys.com/blogs/software-security/cyrc-advisory-nagios-xi Third Party Advisory