What is CVE-2020-28900?

CVE-2020-28900 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Nagios Fusion, classified under Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-05-24.

How severe is CVE-2020-28900?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Nagios Fusion

CVE-2020-28900

Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity in Nagios Fusion 4.1.8 and earlier and Nagios XI 5.7.5 and earlier allows for Escalation of Privileges or Code Execution as root via vectors related to an untrusted update package to upgrade_t…

EPSS: 0.024 (81.7th 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 Fusion
Nagios Nagios_xi
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-345 — Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-28900?: CVE-2020-28900 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Nagios Fusion, classified under Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-05-24.
How severe is CVE-2020-28900?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.