Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published May 24, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-28910

Description

Creation of a Temporary Directory with Insecure Permissions in Nagios XI 5.7.5 and earlier allows for Privilege Escalation via creation of symlinks, which are mishandled in getprofile.sh.

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Affected products

Nagios/Nagiosllm-fuzzy
Range: <=5.7.5
Nagios/XIdescription
Nagios/XI
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=5.7.5

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

skylightcyber.com/2021/05/20/13-nagios-vulnerabilities-7-will-shock-you/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com/files/162783/Nagios-XI-Fusion-Privilege-Escalation-Cross-Site-Scripting-Code-Execution.htmlnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory

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