An issue was discovered in Icinga 2.x through 2.8.1.
Priority LOW 38Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
An issue was discovered in Icinga 2.x through 2.8.1. The lack of a constant-time password comparison function can disclose the password to an attacker.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01329 71st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-6535
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5535-phc2-4862
References
More Icinga vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-16337 Icinga Director configuration is susceptible to Cross-Site Request Forgery CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
- TI-2012-05060 Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the get_history function in history.cgi in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2013-05840 Multiple off-by-one errors in Nagios Core 3.5.1, 4.0.2, and earlier, and Icinga before… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2024-32957 Icinga 2 has a TLS Certificate Validation Bypass for JSON-RPC and HTTP API Connections CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-30428 Icinga 2 certificate renewal might incorrectly renew an invalid certificate CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2021-12411 Passwords used to access external services inadvertently exposed through API CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2018-6535 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-6535 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5535-phc2-4862 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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