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TI-2020-17440 Aliases CVE-2020-28906GHSA-7c44-qggm-pv6g

Incorrect File Permissions in Nagios XI 5.7.5 and earlier and Nagios Fusion 4.1.8 and…

Priority MEDIUM 47CWE-276Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
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

Incorrect File Permissions in Nagios XI 5.7.5 and earlier and Nagios Fusion 4.1.8 and earlier allows for Privilege Escalation to root. Low-privileged users are able to modify files that are included (aka sourced) by scripts executed by root.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.06215 93rd 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 · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 4.1.8VulnerableNagios
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 5.7.5VulnerableNagios
  • cpe:2.3:a:nagios:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 4.1.8 Vulnerable ·Nagios
  • cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 5.7.5 Vulnerable ·Nagios

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-28906
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7c44-qggm-pv6g

References

Advisory 3

  • TI-2020-17439 Improper Input Validation in Nagios Fusion 4.1.8 and earlier allows an authenticated… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2020-17435 Command Injection in Nagios Fusion 4.1.8 and earlier allows for Privilege Escalation or… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-17436 Command Injection in Nagios Fusion 4.1.8 and earlier allows Privilege Escalation from apache to root in cmd_subsys.php. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-17442 Command Injection in Nagios Fusion 4.1.8 and earlier allows for Privilege Escalation to nagios. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-17438 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges in Nagios Fusion 4.1.8 and earlier allows for… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-17441 Incorrect SSL certificate validation in Nagios Fusion 4.1.8 and earlier allows for… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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