CVE-2018-25123
Nagios XI < 5.5.7 Privilege Escalation via MRTG Graphing Component
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.5 High
- Published
- Oct 30, 2025
- Updated
- Nov 17, 2025
- Reserved
- Oct 29, 2025
Description
Nagios XI versions prior to 5.5.7 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in the MRTG graphing component. MRTG-related processes/scripts executed with excessive privileges, allowing a local attacker with limited system access to abuse file/command execution paths or writable resources to gain elevated privileges.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 8.5 High | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
XINagios |
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References
- https://www.nagios.com/changelog/nagios-xi/release-notespatch
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nagios-xi-privilege-escalation-via-mrtg-graphing-componentthird-party-advisory
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