CVE-2021-33178
MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 14, 2021 at 02:56 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:54 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNagvis
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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
The Manage Backgrounds functionality within NagVis versions prior to 1.9.29 is vulnerable to an authenticated path traversal vulnerability. Exploitation of this results in a malicious actor having the ability to arbitrarily delete files on the local system.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://nagvis.org/downloads/changelog/1.9.29x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.synopsys.com/blogs/software-security/cyrc-advisory-nagios-xiSource: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00000.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- HIGH
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22
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