CVE-2021-25298: Nagios XI OS Command Injection
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Nagios XI contains a vulnerability which can lead to OS command injection on the Nagios XI server.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Nagios XI contains a vulnerability which can lead to OS command injection.
- Who is affected
- Users of Nagios XI are affected.
- Urgency
- Immediate action is required due to active exploitation and critical severity.
- Action
- Patch Nagios XI to the latest version.
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Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25298
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2021-25298Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 99% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2021-25298 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for Nagios XI OS
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- criticalexploitedCVE-2021-25297: Nagios XI OS Command Injectioncisa-kev · 2022-01-18
- criticalexploitedCVE-2021-25296: Nagios XI OS Command Injectioncisa-kev · 2022-01-18
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