Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Nagios XI by Nagios
CVE-2025-34288

8.6HIGH

Key Information:

Status
Vendor
CVE Published:
16 December 2025

What is CVE-2025-34288?

Nagios XI, specifically versions prior to 2026R1.1, exhibits a vulnerability that allows local privilege escalation. The issue arises from an insecure interaction between sudo permissions and the file permissions of application components. A maintenance script that can be accessed by users may be incorrectly executed with root privileges through sudo, exposing a writable application file. This allows a local attacker with access to modify the file to include malicious code. When the script is subsequently executed, it operates under elevated privileges, leading to the possibility of arbitrary code execution as the root user.

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Affected Version(s)

Nagios XI 0 < 2026R1.1

References

CVSS V4

Score:
8.6
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Attack Required:
None
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
None

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

M. Cory Billington of theyhack.me
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