CVE-2022-29271

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Published Jun 29, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 2.0% KEV · Not listed

Description

In Nagios XI through 5.8.5, a read-only Nagios user (due to an incorrect permission check) is able to schedule downtime for any host/services. This allows an attacker to permanently disable all monitoring checks.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-33614	In Nagios XI through 5.8.5, a read-only Nagios user (due to an incorrect permission check) is able to schedule downtime for any host/services. This allows an attacker to permanently disable all monitoring checks.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.0% (2.045% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/CHANGES-5.TXT
https://github.com/4LPH4-NL/CVEs
https://github.com/sT0wn-nl/CVEs/blob/master/README.md#nagios-xi
https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/

History

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Subscriptions

Nagios Nagios Xi

Weaknesses

CWE-863

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 6:17 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jun 29, 2022, 12:58 AM
Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 6:17 AM
Reserved: Apr 15, 2022, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 4:39 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jun 29, 2022, 1:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 4:39 AM

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