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TI-2020-12520 Aliases CVE-2020-15903GHSA-mf64-j3g8-vgpj

An issue was found in Nagios XI before 5.7.3.

Priority MEDIUM 51Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

An issue was found in Nagios XI before 5.7.3. There is a privilege escalation vulnerability in backend scripts that ran as root where some included files were editable by nagios user. This issue was fixed in version 5.7.3.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.05549 92nd 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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 5.7.3VulnerableNagios
  • cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 5.7.3 Vulnerable ·Nagios

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-15903
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mf64-j3g8-vgpj

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2021-07545 Nagios XI version xi-5.7.5 is affected by OS command injection. KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2021-07544 Nagios XI version xi-5.7.5 is affected by OS command injection. KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2021-07543 Nagios XI version xi-5.7.5 is affected by OS command injection. KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2019-11993 Nagios XI before 5.6.6 allows remote command execution as root. KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-26027 Nagios XI before version 5.11.3 was discovered to contain a remote code execution (RCE)… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-11196 Snoopy 1.0 in Nagios XI 5.5.6 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to execute… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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