What is CVE-2021-37345?

CVE-2021-37345 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nagios Xi, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-08-13.

How severe is CVE-2021-37345?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Nagios Xi

CVE-2021-37345

Nagios XI before version 5.8.5 is vulnerable to local privilege escalation because xi-sys.cfg is being imported from the var directory for some scripts with elevated permissions.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.006 (43.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Nagios Nagios_xi
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-37345?: CVE-2021-37345 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nagios Xi, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-08-13.
How severe is CVE-2021-37345?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.