High severity7.8OSV Advisory· Published Nov 16, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-16834
CVE-2017-16834
Description
PNP4Nagios through 0.6.26 has /usr/bin/npcd and npcd.cfg owned by an unprivileged account but root code execution depends on these files, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to this unprivileged account.
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Affected products
1- Range: 0.6.0, 0.6.10, 0.6.12, …
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- github.com/lingej/pnp4nagios/issues/140nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-09nvd
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