CVE-2018-8735
Remote command execution (RCE) vulnerability in Nagios XI 5.2.x through 5.4.x before 5.4.13 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system, aka OS command injection.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 63.6%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Remote command execution (RCE) vulnerability in Nagios XI 5.2.x through 5.4.x before 5.4.13 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system, aka OS command injection.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 63.56% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 30 April 2018
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Affected
- nagios/nagios xi
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 63.6% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (2)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/CHANGES-5.TXTRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://blog.redactedsec.net/exploits/2018/04/26/nagios.htmlExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://gist.github.com/caleBot/f0a93b5a98574393e0139104eacc2d0fThird Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44560/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44969/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/CHANGES-5.TXTRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://blog.redactedsec.net/exploits/2018/04/26/nagios.htmlExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://gist.github.com/caleBot/f0a93b5a98574393e0139104eacc2d0fThird Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44560/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44969/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.