CVE-2024-13997 — Nagios XI versions prior to 2024R1.1.3 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in which an…

Description

Nagios XI versions prior to 2024R1.1.3 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in which an authenticated administrator could leverage the Migrate Server feature to obtain root privileges on the underlying XI host. By abusing the migration workflow, an admin-level attacker could execute actions outside the intended security scope of the application, resulting in full control of the operating system.

References

• https://www.nagios.com/changelog/nagios-xi/
• https://www.nagios.com/products/security/#nagios-xi
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nagios-xi-privilege-escalation-via-migrate-server-feature-to-root-on-host