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CVE-2021-37345

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-08-13 · updated 2026-07-09
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

Nagios XI before version 5.8.5 is vulnerable to local privilege escalation because xi-sys.cfg is being imported from the var directory for some scripts with elevated permissions.

Affected products

• Nagios XI: before 5.8.5 — fixed in 5.8.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Nagios XI 5.8.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/
• https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/

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