What is CVE-2018-6533?

CVE-2018-6533 is a high-severity vulnerability in Icinga. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-02-27.

How severe is CVE-2018-6533?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Icinga

CVE-2018-6533

An issue was discovered in Icinga 2.x through 2.8.1. By editing the init.conf file, Icinga 2 can be run as root. Following this the program can be used to run arbitrary code as root. This was fixed by no longer using init.conf to determine account information for any root-executed code (a larger issue than CVE-2017-16933).

EPSS: 0.004 (32.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Icinga
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-6533?: CVE-2018-6533 is a high-severity vulnerability in Icinga. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-02-27.
How severe is CVE-2018-6533?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.