CVE-2018-18249

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-12-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Icinga Web 2 before 2.6.2 allows injection of PHP ini-file directives via vectors involving environment variables as the channel to send information to the attacker, such as a name=${PATH}_${APACHE_RUN_DIR}_${APACHE_RUN_USER} parameter to /icingaweb2/navigation/add or /icingaweb2/dashboard/new-dashlet.

Affected products

icingaweb2: before 2.6.2 — fixed in 2.6.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: icingaweb2 2.6.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00031.html
https://herolab.usd.de/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2018/12/usd20180030.txt
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00031.html
https://herolab.usd.de/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2018/12/usd20180030.txt

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