Nagios vulnerabilities4 known to be exploited.

Vendor4 known exploited
The short answer

Nagios has 281 published vulnerabilities across 17 products in our catalogue. 4 of them are on the list of flaws known to be exploited, so criminals are using them now. The most affected product is Nagios Xi, with 178. If you run Nagios software, patch the exploited flaws first.

See the exploited flaws

The most recent Nagios flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2021-25296, on 18 January 2022. We keep watching the known-exploited list.

Products

Which Nagios products have the most vulnerabilities?

Nagios Xi leads with 178 published vulnerabilities. Open a product to see its versions and which of its flaws criminals are already using.

Known exploited

Which Nagios vulnerabilities are being exploited?

4 flaws are on the government list of vulnerabilities known to be exploited. These are the ones criminals are using now, so they go first, whatever their severity score says.

  1. 8.8
    CVE-2021-25296HighKnown exploited
    Nagios XI OS Command Injection

    Nagios XI contains a vulnerability which can lead to OS command injection on the Nagios XI server.

    Chance of use72%Known exploited since18 Jan 2022
  2. 8.8
    CVE-2021-25297HighKnown exploited
    Nagios XI OS Command Injection

    Nagios XI contains a vulnerability which can lead to OS command injection on the Nagios XI server.

    Chance of use57%Known exploited since18 Jan 2022
  3. 8.8
    CVE-2021-25298HighKnown exploited
    Nagios XI OS Command Injection

    Nagios XI contains a vulnerability which can lead to OS command injection on the Nagios XI server.

    Chance of use74%Known exploited since18 Jan 2022
  4. 8.8
    CVE-2019-15949HighKnown exploited
    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.

    Chance of use77%Known exploited since3 Nov 2021
Exploit likelihood

Which Nagios flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

50% or more10% to 49%Under 10%
  1. 98%

    Nagios XI version xi-5.7.5 is affected by cross-site scripting (XSS).

    CVSS6.1Published15 Feb 2021
  2. 97%

    Nagios XI Switch Wizard before version 2.5.7 is vulnerable to remote code execution through improper neutralisation of special elements used in an OS Command (OS Command injection).

    CVSS9.8Published13 Aug 2021
  3. 93%

    In Nagios XI before 5.8.6, XSS exists in the dashboard page (/dashboards/#) when administrative users attempt to edit a dashboard.

    CVSS5.4Published15 Sep 2021
  4. 91%

    Nagios XI before 5.7.5 is vulnerable to XSS in Manage Users (Username field).

    CVSS5.4Published16 Nov 2020
  5. 89%

    Snoopy 1.0 in Nagios XI 5.5.6 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted HTTP request.

    CVSS9.8Published14 Nov 2018
  6. 83%

    statuswml.cgi in Nagios before 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) ping or (2) Traceroute parameters.

    CVSS7.5Published1 Jul 2009
  7. 82%

    An issue was discovered in the Manage Plugins page in Nagios XI before 5.8.0.

    CVSS7.2Published13 Jan 2021
  8. 79%

    Nagios XI before version 5.8.5 is vulnerable to SQL injection vulnerability in Bulk Modifications Tool due to improper input sanitisation.

    CVSS9.8Published13 Aug 2021
  9. 79%

    Improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command in Nagios XI 5.7.3 allows a remote, authenticated admin user to execute operating system commands with the privileges of the apache user.

    CVSS7.2Published20 Oct 2020
  10. 77%
    CVE-2019-15949HighKnown exploited

    Nagios XI before 5.6.6 allows remote command execution as root.

    CVSS8.8Published5 Sep 2019
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Our catalogue lists 281 published vulnerabilities across 17 products and 400 versions from Nagios. The most recent Nagios flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2021-25296, on 18 January 2022.

4 Nagios vulnerabilities are on the list of flaws known to be exploited. The most recently added are CVE-2021-25296, CVE-2021-25297 and CVE-2021-25298. The full list is on this page.

Nagios Xi, with 178 published vulnerabilities. Its own page lists the ones known to be exploited.

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