CVE-2018-8736 EXPLOIT
8.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 45.6% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 8.8 (HIGH, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 45.63% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2018-04-18 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| nagios | nagios xi |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Nagios XI 5.2.6-5.4.12 - Chained Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) | 2018-07-02 |
| exploit-db | Nagios XI 5.2.6 < 5.2.9 / 5.3 / 5.4 - Chained Remote Root | 2018-04-30 |
References
- https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/CHANGES-5.TXT
- https://blog.redactedsec.net/exploits/2018/04/26/nagios.html
- https://gist.github.com/caleBot/f0a93b5a98574393e0139104eacc2d0f
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44560/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44969/
- https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/
- https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/CHANGES-5.TXT
- https://blog.redactedsec.net/exploits/2018/04/26/nagios.html
- https://gist.github.com/caleBot/f0a93b5a98574393e0139104eacc2d0f
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44560/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44969/
- https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/
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