github - ghsa-gc26-2m4x-94qw

ghsa-gc26-2m4x-94qw

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-10-31 00:30

Modified

2025-11-06 18:32

Severity ?

8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.7 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Details

Nagios XI versions prior to 2024R1.2 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability related to NagVis configuration handling (nagvis.conf). An authenticated user could manipulate NagVis configuration data or leverage insufficiently validated configuration settings to obtain elevated privileges on the Nagios XI system.

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  "modified": "2025-11-06T18:32:47Z",
  "published": "2025-10-31T00:30:34Z",
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CVE-2024-14004 (GCVE-0-2024-14004)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-10-30 21:40

Modified

2025-10-31 13:24

Severity ?

8.7 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CWE

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Summary

Nagios XI versions prior to 2024R1.2 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability related to NagVis configuration handling (nagvis.conf). An authenticated user could manipulate NagVis configuration data or leverage insufficiently validated configuration settings to obtain elevated privileges on the Nagios XI system.

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.nagios.com/products/security/#nagios-xi	vendor-advisory, patch
	https://www.nagios.com/changelog/nagios-xi/	release-notes, patch
	https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nagios-xi-privilege-escalation-via-nagvis-configuration	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Nagios	XI

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