CVE-2018-8736

HIGH 8.8CVE-2018-8736 · Published 18/04/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
nagios xi nagios	`≥ 5.2.0, < 5.4.13`	`5.4.13`

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Nagios XI 5.2.x through 5.4.x before 5.4.13 allows an attacker to leverage an RCE vulnerability escalating to root.

References

assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/CHANGES-5.TXT · Release Notes
blog.redactedsec.net/exploits/2018/04/26/nagios.html · Exploit
gist.github.com/caleBot/f0a93b5a98574393e0139104eacc2d0f · Third Party Advisory
exploit-db.com/exploits/44560 · Exploit
exploit-db.com/exploits/44969 · Exploit
nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log · Release Notes

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