Nagios XI Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Nagios XI contains a remote code execution vulnerability in which a user can modify the check_plugin executable and insert malicious commands to execute as root.

cat cve-2019-15949.json

Vendor: Nagios
Product: Nagios XI
CVSS: 8.8
EPSS (exploit probability): 77.6%
Status: kev
CISA patch-by (BOD 22-01): May 3, 2022
Published: November 3, 2021
Source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15949

Nagios XI contains a remote code execution vulnerability in which a user can modify the check_plugin executable and insert malicious commands to execute as root.

Added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2021-11-03. Required action per CISA: Apply updates per vendor instructions. Due date: 2022-05-03.

This is an auto-synced KEV catalog record pending a full 0dayNews write-up — see CISA’s KEV catalog and the NVD record linked above for primary sources.