What is CVE-2024-43199?

CVE-2024-43199 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nagios Ndoutils, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-08-07.

How severe is CVE-2024-43199?

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

Is CVE-2024-43199 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Privilege escalation in Nagios Ndoutils

CVE-2024-43199

Nagios NDOUtils before 2.1.4 allows privilege escalation from nagios to root because certain executable files are owned by the nagios user.

EPSS: 0.011 (62.2th 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 Ndoutils
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Patch)
cve@mitre.org (Release Notes)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-43199?: CVE-2024-43199 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nagios Ndoutils, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-08-07.
How severe is CVE-2024-43199?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-43199 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.