Nagios XI versions prior to 2012R1.6 contain a shell command injection vulnerability in the Auto-Discovery tool. User-controlled input is passed to a shell without adequate sanitation or argument quoting, allowing an authenticated user with access to discovery functionality to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the application service.
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Solution

Nagios addresses this vulnerability as "Fixed shell vulnerability for autodiscovery tool."


Workaround

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History

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:2012:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Nagios nagios Xi
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:2012:r1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:2012:r1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:2012:r1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:2012:r1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:2012:r1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:2012:r1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Nagios nagios Xi
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Fri, 31 Oct 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 31 Oct 2025 10:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Nagios
Nagios xi
Vendors & Products Nagios
Nagios xi

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 21:45:00 +0000

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Description Nagios XI versions prior to 2012R1.6 contain a shell command injection vulnerability in the Auto-Discovery tool. User-controlled input is passed to a shell without adequate sanitation or argument quoting, allowing an authenticated user with access to discovery functionality to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the application service.
Title Nagios XI < 2012R1.6 Auto-Discovery Shell Command Injection
Weaknesses CWE-78
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-17T18:21:37.775Z

Reserved: 2025-10-28T21:12:09.795Z

Link: CVE-2013-10073

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Updated: 2025-10-31T15:02:34.737Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-10-30T22:15:36.367

Modified: 2025-11-06T16:24:10.723

Link: CVE-2013-10073

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Updated: 2025-10-31T10:13:33Z