PT-2025-44471 · Nagios Enterprises · Nagios Xi

Christian Weiler · Published 2025-10-30 · Updated 2025-10-30 · CVE-2020-36868

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v4.0

8.5

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Nagios XI versions prior to 5.7.3

Description Nagios XI versions prior to 5.7.3 have a privilege escalation issue in the getprofile.sh helper script. The script handles profile retrieval and initialization with insecure file and command handling, and lacks sufficient validation of attacker-controlled inputs. In some deployments, the script runs with elevated privileges. A local attacker with low-level access could exploit these weaknesses to execute arbitrary commands or modify privileged files, leading to privilege escalation.

Recommendations Update to a version of Nagios XI at or above 5.7.3.

Fix

LPE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-73

CWE-250

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-14420

CVE-2020-36868

Affected Products

Nagios Xi

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-36868 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36868 · Security Note
• https://nagios.com/changelog/nagios-xi · Patch
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-14420 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1984015870402646306 · Twitter Post
• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/nagios-xi-privilege-escalation-via-insecure-getprofile-script · Note