High severity7.3NVD Advisory· Published Mar 16, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-6581
CVE-2020-6581
Description
Nagios NRPE 3.2.1 has Insufficient Filtering because, for example, nasty_metachars interprets \n as the character \ and the character n (not as the \n newline sequence). This can cause command injection.
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Affected products
4- cpe:2.3:a:nagios:remote_plug_in_executor:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Nagios/NRPEdescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- herolab.usd.de/security-advisories/usd-2020-0002/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- herolab.usd.de/security-advisories/nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2DNGKXVDB43E3KQRA6W5QZT3Z46XZLQM/nvd
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