CVEvulnerability
CVE-2024-13997
9.4 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2025-11-03
- Last modified
- 2026-09-30
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 9.4 CRITICAL — CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
Description
Nagios XI versions prior to 2024R1.1.3 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in which an authenticated administrator could leverage the Migrate Server feature to obtain root privileges on the underlying XI host. By abusing the migration workflow, an admin-level attacker could execute actions outside the intended security scope of the application, resulting in full control of the operating system.
Affected configurations
• nagios nagios xi (< 2024)
• nagios nagios xi 2024
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
References
- https://www.nagios.com/changelog/nagios-xi/ Release Notes
- https://www.nagios.com/products/security/#nagios-xi Vendor Advisory
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nagios-xi-privilege-escalation-via-migrate-server-feature-to-root-on-host Third Party Advisory