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CVE-2024-13998: Nagios XI < 2024R1.1.3 API Keys & Hashed Passwords Authenticated Information Disclosure

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-11-03 · updated 2026-09-30
• Weakness: CWE-497

Description

Nagios XI versions prior to 2024R1.1.3, under certain circumstances, disclose sensitive user account information (including API keys and hashed passwords) to authenticated users who should not have access to that data. Exposure of API keys or password hashes could lead to account compromise, abuse of API privileges, or offline cracking attempts. CVE-2024-13995 addresses a similar vulnerability with a potentially incomplete fix for the underlying problem in earlier versions.

Affected products

• Nagios XI: before 2024; 2024-r1, 2024-r1.0.1, 2024-r1.0.2, 2024-r1.1, 2024-r1.1.1, 2024-r1.1.2 — fixed in 2024

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Nagios XI 2024. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.nagios.com/changelog/nagios-xi/
• https://www.nagios.com/products/security/#nagios-xi
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nagios-xi-api-keys-and-hashed-password-authenticated-information-disclosure-2

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