CVE-2021-37345
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 13, 2021 at 11:32 AM UTC
Updated: July 9, 2026 at 01:16 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNagios XI
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
Description
Nagios XI before version 5.8.5 is vulnerable to local privilege escalation because xi-sys.cfg is being imported from the var directory for some scripts with elevated permissions.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_CONFIRMx_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/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-269
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