CVE-2018-8736

N/A
Published: April 18, 2018 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:05 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNagios XI

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 46%

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Nagios XI 5.2.x through 5.4.x before 5.4.13 allows an attacker to leverage an RCE vulnerability escalating to root.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.2.0 ≤ v < 5.4.13
Affected range stops below 5.4.13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (6)

x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/CHANGES-5.TXT
x_refsource_MISCExploitRelease NotesTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
https://blog.redactedsec.net/exploits/2018/04/26/nagios.html
Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44560/
Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44969/
x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/

CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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