CVE-2022-29271

Description

In Nagios XI through 5.8.5, a read-only Nagios user (due to an incorrect permission check) is able to schedule downtime for any host/services. This allows an attacker to permanently disable all monitoring checks.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.54%
Vendor Advisory nagios.com Vendor Advisory nagios.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/ release notes vendor advisory
https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/CHANGES-5.TXT release notes vendor advisory
https://github.com/4LPH4-NL/CVEs third party advisory
https://github.com/sT0wn-nl/CVEs/blob/master/README.md#nagios-xi third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2022-29271?
CVE-2022-29271 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2022-29271?
To fix CVE-2022-29271, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2022-29271 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2022-29271 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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