Nagios XI versions prior to 2024R1.1.3 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in which an authenticated administrator could leverage the Migrate Server feature to obtain root privileges on the underlying XI host. By abusing the migration workflow, an admin-level attacker could execute actions outside the intended security scope of the application, resulting in full control of the operating system.
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Fixes

Solution

Nagios addresses this vulnerability as "Nagios XI was vulnerable to a privilege escalation wherein an administrator using the Migrate Server feature could become root on the XI server."


Workaround

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History

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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


Tue, 04 Nov 2025 16:45:00 +0000

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

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 22:15:00 +0000

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Description Nagios XI versions prior to 2024R1.1.3 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in which an authenticated administrator could leverage the Migrate Server feature to obtain root privileges on the underlying XI host. By abusing the migration workflow, an admin-level attacker could execute actions outside the intended security scope of the application, resulting in full control of the operating system.
Title Nagios XI < 2024R1.1.3 Privilege Escalation via Migrate Server Feature to Root on Host
Weaknesses CWE-269
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-05T15:05:14.977Z

Reserved: 2025-10-22T17:20:20.791Z

Link: CVE-2024-13997

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-05T15:05:12.374Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-11-03T22:16:39.910

Modified: 2025-11-04T15:41:31.450

Link: CVE-2024-13997

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-11-04T16:34:48Z