CVE-2019-9166

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 28, 2019 at 07:10 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:43 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNagios XI

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

Privilege escalation in Nagios XI before 5.5.11 allows local attackers to elevate privileges to root via write access to config.inc.php and import_xiconfig.php.

Affected

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

v < 5.5.11
Affected range stops below 5.5.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

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References (3)

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-732

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