Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 14, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-33178
CVE-2021-33178
Description
The Manage Backgrounds functionality within NagVis versions prior to 1.9.29 is vulnerable to an authenticated path traversal vulnerability. Exploitation of this results in a malicious actor having the ability to arbitrarily delete files on the local system.
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References
3- nagvis.org/downloads/changelog/1.9.29nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- www.synopsys.com/blogs/software-security/cyrc-advisory-nagios-xinvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00000.htmlnvd
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