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CVE-2018-8736

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Nagios XI 5.2.x through 5.4.x before 5.4.13 allows an attacker to leverage an RCE vulnerability escalating to root.

Severity
High 8.8
Published
18 Apr 2018
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Fixed in
5.4.13
Exploit chance
46% in the next 30 daysHigher than 98% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 10 Nov 2026
Attack
Over the network · Needs a user account · No user action needed
Attacker can
Read data · Change data · Take it down
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
Nagios XIServers and applications · cpe:a:nagios:nagios_xi
  • From 5.2.0 before 5.4.13

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8736
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-8736