Medium severity · published Jun 29, 2022
CVE-2022-29271
In Nagios XI through 5.8.5, a read-only Nagios user (due to an incorrect permission check) is able to schedule downtime for any host/services
6.5
CVSS
2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Nagios XI through 5.8.5, a read-only Nagios user (due to an incorrect permission check) is able to schedule downtime for any host/services. This allows an attacker to permanently disable all monitoring checks.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.0% · higher than 81% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NX
Nagios XI · Nagios
through 5.8.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29271
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-29271
Release Notes
https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/CHANGES-5.TXT
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/4LPH4-NL/CVEs
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/sT0wn-nl/CVEs/blob/master/README.md#nagios-xi
Release Notes
https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/
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