Vulnerability · Published Oct 26, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-40343
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 52% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 48.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in Nagios XI 5.8.5. Insecure file permissions on the nagios_unbundler.py file allow the nagios user to elevate their privileges to the root user.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/CHANGES-5.TXT x_refsource_MISC
- https://synacktiv.com x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.synacktiv.com/sites/default/files/2021-10/Nagios_XI_multiple_vulnerabilities_0.pdf x_refsource_MISC