TI-2020-17925 Aliases CVE-2020-35269 GHSA-8pw4-5frf-g53c

Nagios Core application version 4.2.4 is vulnerable to Site-Wide Cross-Site Request…

MEDIUM 43CWE-352Published 2020-12-23 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Tampering
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-352.

Summary

Nagios Core application version 4.2.4 is vulnerable to Site-Wide Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in many functions, like adding – deleting for hosts or servers.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02688 85th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned

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

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_core:4.2.4:::::::*	4.2.4	Vulnerable	Nagios

cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_core:4.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2.4 Vulnerable ·Nagios

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Storage 3	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-35269
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8pw4-5frf-g53c

References

Advisory 1

https://gist.github.com/MoSalah20/d1d40b43eafba0bd22ee4cddecad3cbc

TI-2017-10432 Nagios Core through 4.3.4 initially executes /usr/sbin/nagios as root but supports… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
TI-2018-09675 qh_core in Nagios Core 4.4.1 and earlier is prone to a NULL pointer dereference… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.5
TI-2018-09674 qh_echo in Nagios Core 4.4.1 and earlier is prone to a NULL pointer dereference… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.5
TI-2018-12893 Nagios Core 4.4.2 has XSS via the alert summary reports of plugin results, as… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.4

Sources

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