Vulnerability · Published Oct 26, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-40345
High 7.2
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 22.7% (higher than 98% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.2High
Exploit odds (30 days)22.7%top 2.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling1Public PoC
Official description
An issue was discovered in Nagios XI 5.8.5. In the Manage Dashlets section of the Admin panel, an administrator can upload ZIP files. A command injection (within the name of the first file in the archive) allows an attacker to execute system commands.