CVE-2018-6533

Published Feb 27, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in Icinga 2.x through 2.8.1. By editing the init.conf file, Icinga 2 can be run as root. Following this the program can be used to run arbitrary code as root. This was fixed by no longer using init.conf to determine account information for any root-executed code (a larger issue than CVE-2017-16933).

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-18285 An issue was discovered in Icinga 2.x through 2.8.1. By editing the init.conf file, Icinga 2 can be run as root. Following this the program can be used to run arbitrary code as root. This was fixed by no longer using init.conf to determine account information for any root-executed code (a larger issue than CVE-2017-16933).
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 6:10 AM
Reserved
Feb 2, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 27, 2018, 7:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:01 AM