Vulnerability · Published Oct 9, 2024 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-37154
High 8.4
In plain English
A high-severity command injection in the monitoring-plugins package (Debian). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 41% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.4High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 59.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
check_by_ssh in Nagios nagios-plugins 2.4.5 allows arbitrary command execution via ProxyCommand, LocalCommand, and PermitLocalCommand with \${IFS}. This has been categorized both as fixed in e8810de, and as intended behavior.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | monitoring-plugins | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-37154 |
| Debian:13 | monitoring-plugins | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-37154 |
| Debian:14 | monitoring-plugins | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-37154 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | monitoring-plugins | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-37154 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | monitoring-plugins | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-37154 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | monitoring-plugins | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-37154 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | monitoring-plugins | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-37154 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | monitoring-plugins | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-37154 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-77 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H