CVE-2020-15903
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 5.5% (pctl 93)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
An issue was found in Nagios XI before 5.7.3. There is a privilege escalation vulnerability in backend scripts that ran as root where some included files were editable by nagios user. This issue was fixed in version 5.7.3.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 5.55% — more likely to be exploited than 93% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2020-09-09 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| nagios | nagios xi |
References
→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD