Path traversal in Icinga Web 2 - CVE-2022-24715
Published: March 8, 2022 / Updated: July 6, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU136932
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24715
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: www.icinga.org
Affected software:
Icinga Web 2
Icinga Web 2
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to path traversal in SSH resources configuration handling when processing SSH resource file paths. A remote user can create SSH resource files in unintended directories to execute arbitrary code.
Exploitation requires access to the configuration.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-24715
Install security update from vendor's website.