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CVE-2020-5796

Improper preservation of permissions in Nagios XI 5.7.4 allows a local, low-privileged, authenticated user to weaken the permissions of files, resulting in low-privileged users being able to write to and execute arbitrary PHP code with root privileges.

Severity
High 7.8
Published
13 Nov 2020
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
Nagios XIServers and applications · cpe:a:nagios:nagios_xi
  • Version 5.7.4

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5796
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-5796