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CVE-2019-16405

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 27.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-11-21 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Centreon Web before 2.8.30, 18.10.x before 18.10.8, 19.04.x before 19.04.5 and 19.10.x before 19.10.2 allows Remote Code Execution by an administrator who can modify Macro Expression location settings. CVE-2019-16405 and CVE-2019-17501 are similar to one another and may be the same.

Affected products

• Centreon: before 2.8.30; from 18.10.0 before 18.10.8; from 19.04.0 before 19.04.5; from 19.10.0 before 19.10.2 — fixed in 18.10.8, 19.04.5, 19.10.2, 2.8.30

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Centreon 18.10.8, 19.04.5, 19.10.2, 2.8.30. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155999/Centreon-19.04-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• https://documentation.centreon.com/docs/centreon/en/latest/release_notes/centreon-18.10.html
• https://documentation.centreon.com/docs/centreon/en/latest/release_notes/centreon-19.04.html
• https://documentation.centreon.com/docs/centreon/en/latest/release_notes/centreon-19.10.html
• https://documentation.centreon.com/docs/centreon/en/latest/release_notes/centreon-2.8.html
• https://github.com/TheCyberGeek/CVE-2019-16405.rb
• https://github.com/centreon/centreon/pull/7864
• https://github.com/centreon/centreon/pull/7884
• https://thecybergeek.co.uk/cves/2019/09/17/CVE-2019-16405-06.html
• https://thecybergeek.co.uk/cves/2019/09/19/CVEs.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155999/Centreon-19.04-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• https://documentation.centreon.com/docs/centreon/en/latest/release_notes/centreon-18.10.html

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