CVE-2020-36867
Nagios XI < 5.7.3 Command Injection in Report PDF Download
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.7 High
- Published
- Oct 30, 2025
- Updated
- Nov 17, 2025
- Reserved
- Oct 30, 2025
Description
Nagios XI versions prior to 5.7.3 contain a command injection vulnerability in the report PDF download/export functionality. User-supplied values used in the PDF generation pipeline or the wrapper that invokes offline/pdf helper utilities were insufficiently validated or improperly escaped, allowing an authenticated attacker who can trigger PDF exports to inject shell metacharacters or arguments.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 8.7 High | 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 | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
XINagios |
|
References
- https://www.nagios.com/changelog/nagios-xi/release-notespatch
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nagios-xi-command-injection-in-report-pdf-downloadthird-party-advisory
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