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CVE-2025-34287

Nagios XI < 2024R2 Privilege Escalation via process_perfdata.pl

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 2024R2
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

Nagios XI versions prior to 2024R2 contain an improperly owned script, process_perfdata.pl, which is executed periodically as the nagios user but owned by www-data. Because the file was writable by www-data, an attacker with web server privileges could modify its contents, leading to arbitrary code execution as the nagios user when the script is next run. This improper ownership and permission configuration enables local privilege escalation.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Nagios XI

    fixed in 2024R2

References 2

nagios.com

vulncheck.com