High severity · published Nov 17, 2025
CVE-2025-34323
Nagios Log Server < 2026R1.0.1 Local Privilege Escalation via Writable Scripts and Sudo Rules
7.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Nagios Log Server versions prior to 2026R1.0.1 are vulnerable to local privilege escalation due to a combination of sudo misconfiguration and group-writable application directories. The 'www-data' user is a member of the 'nagios' group, which has write access to '/usr/local/nagioslogserver/scripts', while several scripts in this directory are owned by root and may be executed via sudo without a password. A local attacker running as 'www-data' can move one of these root-owned scripts to a backup name and create a replacement script with attacker-controlled content at the original path, then invoke it with sudo. This allows arbitrary commands to be executed with root privileges, providing full compromise of the underlying operating system.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 28% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LS
Log Server · Nagios
before 2026R1.0.1 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-34323
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-34323
theyhack.me
https://theyhack.me/Rooting-Nagios-Log-Server/
Release Notes
https://www.nagios.com/changelog/nagios-log-server/nagios-log-server-2026r1-0-1/
Vendor Advisory
https://www.nagios.com/products/security/#log-server
Third Party Advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nagios-log-server-local-privilege-escalation-via-writable-scripts-and-sudo-rules
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