CVE-2021-32739

Results of queries for ApiListener objects include the ticket salt which allows in turn to steal (more privileged) identities

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 15, 2021 at 02:55 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:53 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxIcinga

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

Icinga is a monitoring system which checks the availability of network resources, notifies users of outages, and generates performance data for reporting. From version 2.4.0 through version 2.12.4, a vulnerability exists that may allow privilege escalation for authenticated API users. With a read-ony user's credentials, an attacker can view most attributes of all config objects including `ticket_salt` of `ApiListener`. This salt is enough to compute a ticket for every possible common name (CN). A ticket, the master node's certificate, and a self-signed certificate are enough to successfully request the desired certificate from Icinga. That certificate may in turn be used to steal an endpoint or API user's identity. Versions 2.12.5 and 2.11.10 both contain a fix the vulnerability. As a workaround, one may either specify queryable types explicitly or filter out ApiListener objects.

Affected

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

v ≤ 2.12.42.12.0 ≤ v < 2.12.52.4.0 ≤ v < 2.11.10
Affected range stops below 2.11.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.12.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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References (4)

CVSS

8.8HIGHGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-267CWE-269

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