High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 18, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-8736
CVE-2018-8736
Description
A privilege escalation vulnerability in Nagios XI 5.2.x through 5.4.x before 5.4.13 allows an attacker to leverage an RCE vulnerability escalating to root.
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Affected products
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Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- blog.redactedsec.net/exploits/2018/04/26/nagios.htmlnvdExploitRelease NotesTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44560/nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44969/nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/CHANGES-5.TXTnvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- gist.github.com/caleBot/f0a93b5a98574393e0139104eacc2d0fnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
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