CVE-2025-34288

Nagios XI Privilege Escalation via Writable PHP Include Executed with Sudo

MEDIUM
6.7
CVSS Score
Published: December 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:13 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsNagios XINagios XI

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Severity
MEDIUM6.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Nagios XI versions prior to 2026R1.1 are vulnerable to local privilege escalation due to an unsafe interaction between sudo permissions and application file permissions. A user‑accessible maintenance script may be executed as root via sudo and includes an application file that is writable by a lower‑privileged user. A local attacker with access to the application account can modify this file to introduce malicious code, which is then executed with elevated privileges when the script is run. Successful exploitation results in arbitrary code execution as the root user.

Affected

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

v ≤ 2024v < 2026R1.12026 r12026 r1.0.1
Affected range stops below 2026R1.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 2026R1.1
Affected range stops below 2026R1.1, 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:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-732

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