CVE-2020-28910

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Creation of a Temporary Directory with Insecure Permissions in Nagios XI 5.7.5 and earlier allows for Privilege Escalation via creation of symlinks, which are mishandled in getprofile.sh.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-732

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162783/Nagios-XI-Fusion-Privilege-Escalation-Cross-Site-Scripting-Code-Execution.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://skylightcyber.com/2021/05/20/13-nagios-vulnerabilities-7-will-shock-you/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162783/Nagios-XI-Fusion-Privilege-Escalation-Cross-Site-Scripting-Code-Execution.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://skylightcyber.com/2021/05/20/13-nagios-vulnerabilities-7-will-shock-you/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: May 24, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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