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TI-2021-12407 Aliases CVE-2021-32739

Improper privilege management in icinga2

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-267Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.

Summary

Icinga is a monitoring system which checks the availability of network resources, notifies users of outages, and generates performance data for reporting. From version 2.4.0 through version 2.12.4, a vulnerability exists that may allow privilege escalation for authenticated API users. With a read-ony user's credentials, an attacker can view most attributes of all config objects including `ticket_salt` of `ApiListener`. This salt is enough to compute a ticket for every possible common name (CN). A ticket, the master node's certificate, and a self-signed certificate are enough to successfully request the desired certificate from Icinga. That certificate may in turn be used to steal an endpoint or API user's identity. Versions 2.12.5 and 2.11.10 both contain a fix the vulnerability. As a workaround, one may either specify queryable types explicitly or filter out ApiListener objects.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0114 66th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
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
Icingaicinga22.4.0 – 2.12.4—No fix listedCNA
  • icinga2 VendorIcinga Affected 2.4.0 – 2.12.4 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:icinga:icinga:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.4.0 to before 2.11.10; 2.12.0 to before 2.12.5VulnerableIcinga
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:icinga:icinga:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.4.0 to before 2.11.10; 2.12.0 to before 2.12.5 Vulnerable ·Icinga
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-32739

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 2

  • 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
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Sources

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