What is CVE-2020-28906?

CVE-2020-28906 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nagios Fusion, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-05-24.

How severe is CVE-2020-28906?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Nagios Fusion

CVE-2020-28906

Incorrect File Permissions in Nagios XI 5.7.5 and earlier and Nagios Fusion 4.1.8 and earlier allows for Privilege Escalation to root. Low-privileged users are able to modify files that are included (aka sourced) by scripts executed by roo…

EPSS: 0.047 (90.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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-276 — Incorrect Default Permissions

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-28906?: CVE-2020-28906 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nagios Fusion, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-05-24.
How severe is CVE-2020-28906?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.