Vulnerability in Nagios Nagios_xi
CVE-2020-15903
An issue was found in Nagios XI before 5.7.3. There is a privilege escalation vulnerability in backend scripts that ran as root where some included files were editable by nagios user. This issue was fixed in version 5.7.3.
EPSS: 0.048 (90.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Nagios Nagios_xi
- N/a — versions n/a
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-15903?
- CVE-2020-15903 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Nagios Nagios_xi. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-09-09.
- How severe is CVE-2020-15903?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-15903 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.