MEDIUM
In Nagios XI through 5.8.5, a read-only Nagios user (due to an incorrect permission check) is able to schedule downtime for any host/services
Published Jun 29, 2022
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.00%
Description
In Nagios XI through 5.8.5, a read-only Nagios user (due to an incorrect permission check) is able to schedule downtime for any host/services. This allows an attacker to permanently disable all monitoring checks.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
6.5 MEDIUM NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact None
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.00% 0.01997
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01997
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.00% (0.01997) | 80.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.54% (0.01543) | 71.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.23% (0.00232) | 44.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00083) | 37.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 15, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00083) | 35.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 5, 2023 | 0.10% (0.00102) | 40.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 29, 2023 | 0.07% (0.00071) | 29.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00063) | 25.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 10, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 31.76th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jun 29, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 29.75th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (4)
- https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/CHANGES-5.TXT x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/4LPH4-NL/CVEs x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/sT0wn-nl/CVEs/blob/master/README.md#nagios-xi x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/ x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/CHANGES-5.TXT | x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory | |
| https://github.com/4LPH4-NL/CVEs | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| https://github.com/sT0wn-nl/CVEs/blob/master/README.md#nagios-xi | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/ | x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jun 29, 2022
Updated Aug 3, 2024
Reserved Apr 15, 2022
Link CVE-2022-29271
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a