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.

Published 2024-08-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Nagios Ndoutils

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

github.com/NagiosEnterprises/ndoutils/pull/65 (Patch, Issue Tracking)
github.com/NagiosEnterprises/ndoutils/commit/18ef12037f4a68772d6840cbaa08aa2da0… (Patch)
github.com/NagiosEnterprises/ndoutils/compare/ndoutils-2.1.3...ndoutils-2.1.4 (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.