Authenticated privilege escalation via unvalidated NagVis configuration
Published Oct 30, 2025 · Updated Oct 30, 2025
Privilege escalation in Nagios XI before 2024R1.2 allows remote authenticated users to gain elevated system privileges via nagvis.conf. The NagVis configuration handler accepts user-controlled nagvis.conf data without sufficiently validating privilege-sensitive settings. Authenticated access to configuration handling is required, and successful exploitation elevates privileges on the Nagios XI host.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in Nagios XI before 2024R1.2 allows remote authenticated users to gain elevated system privileges via nagvis.conf. The NagVis configuration handler accepts user-controlled nagvis.conf data without sufficiently validating privilege-sensitive settings. Authenticated access to configuration handling is required, and successful exploitation elevates privileges on the Nagios XI host.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-14004
- Published
- Oct 30, 2025
- Updated
- Oct 30, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-269, T1068
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Oct 30, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 30, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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