Vulnerability in Nagios Remote_plug_in_executor
CVE-2020-6581
Nagios NRPE 3.2.1 has Insufficient Filtering because, for example, nasty_metachars interprets \n as the character \ and the character n (not as the \n newline sequence). This can cause command injection.
EPSS: 0.016 (73.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Nagios Remote_plug_in_executor — versions 3.2.1
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 32
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-6581?
- CVE-2020-6581 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nagios Remote_plug_in_executor. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2020-03-16.
- How severe is CVE-2020-6581?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.