OS command injection in Nagios XI - CVE-2019-9164
Published: April 9, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU18156
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9164
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the Autodiscovery script. A remote authenticated attacker can create and run a new Autodiscovery job that executes arbitrary OS commands on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
Nagios XI
How to mitigate CVE-2019-9164
Install updates from vendor's website.
Nagios XI - update to 5.5.11