CVE-2022-24716: Path traversal in Icinga Web 2

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 89.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-03-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Icinga Web 2 is an open source monitoring web interface, framework and command-line interface. Unauthenticated users can leak the contents of files of the local system accessible to the web-server user, including `icingaweb2` configuration files with database credentials. This issue has been resolved in versions 2.9.6 and 2.10 of Icinga Web 2. Database credentials should be rotated.

Affected products

icingaweb2: from 2.9.0 before 2.9.6 — fixed in 2.9.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: icingaweb2 2.9.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171774/Icinga-Web-2.10-Arbitrary-File-Disclosure.html
https://github.com/Icinga/icingaweb2/commit/9931ed799650f5b8d5e1dc58ea3415a4cdc5773d
https://github.com/Icinga/icingaweb2/security/advisories/GHSA-5p3f-rh28-8frw
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-05
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171774/Icinga-Web-2.10-Arbitrary-File-Disclosure.html
https://github.com/Icinga/icingaweb2/commit/9931ed799650f5b8d5e1dc58ea3415a4cdc5773d
https://github.com/Icinga/icingaweb2/security/advisories/GHSA-5p3f-rh28-8frw
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-05

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