What is CVE-2020-28907?

CVE-2020-28907 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Nagios Fusion, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-05-24.

How severe is CVE-2020-28907?

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

Vulnerability in Nagios Fusion

CVE-2020-28907

Incorrect SSL certificate validation in Nagios Fusion 4.1.8 and earlier allows for Escalation of Privileges or Code Execution as root via vectors related to download of an untrusted update package in upgrade_to_latest.sh.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

EPSS: 0.034 (87.4th 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
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

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-2020-28907?: CVE-2020-28907 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Nagios Fusion, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-05-24.
How severe is CVE-2020-28907?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.