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.
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.016 (75.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 75.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Nagios Remote Plug In Executor — versions 3.2.1
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 32
References
- herolab.usd.de/security-advisories/ (Third Party Advisory)
- herolab.usd.de/security-advisories/usd-2020-0002/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (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.