CVE-2025-34288
Nagios XI versions prior to 2026R1.1 are vulnerable to local privilege escalation due to an unsafe interaction between sudo permissions and application file permissions. A user‑accessible maintenance script may be executed as root via sudo and includes an application file that is writable by a lower‑privileged user. A local attacker with access to the application account can modify this file to introduce malicious code, which is then executed with elevated privileges when the script is run. Successful exploitation results in arbitrary code execution as the root user.
Published:Dec 16, 2025
Last Modified:Mar 5, 2026
EPS:Dec 16, 2025
EPSS Score:0.00148
CVSS Score:6.7
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Nagios
Product
Nagios Xi
Nagios
Nagios Xi
Vendor
Nagios
Product
Xi
Nagios
Xi
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
