Vulnerability · Published Nov 3, 2025 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2024-13997Nagios XI < 2024R1.1.3 Privilege Escalation via Migrate Server Feature to Root on Host

Critical 9.4

In plain English

A critical-severity privilege mismanagement in XI from Nagios. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 69% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)9.4Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 31.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Nagios XI versions prior to 2024R1.1.3 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in which an authenticated administrator could leverage the Migrate Server feature to obtain root privileges on the underlying XI host. By abusing the migration workflow, an admin-level attacker could execute actions outside the intended security scope of the application, resulting in full control of the operating system.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Nagios	XI	0 – before 2024R1.1.3

Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

References

https://www.nagios.com/products/security/#nagios-xi vendor-advisory, patch
https://www.nagios.com/changelog/nagios-xi/ release-notes, patch
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nagios-xi-privilege-escalation-via-migrate-server-feature-to-root-on-host third-party-advisory