CVE-2021-37345

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CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

EPSS

<1%p45

Published

Aug 13, 2021 (Aug 13, 2021)

Modified

Jul 9, 2026

Description

Nagios XI before version 5.8.5 is vulnerable to local privilege escalation because xi-sys.cfg is being imported from the var directory for some scripts with elevated permissions.

Vendors: nagios
Products: nagios xi
Weakness: CWE-269
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.6%)

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