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

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 16:45:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:2024:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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:2024:r1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:2024:r1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:2024:r1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:2024:r1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:2024:r1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:2024:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Nagios nagios Xi
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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: 2025-11-17T18:21:47.934Z

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 : Analyzed

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

Modified: 2025-11-06T16:24:49.683

Link: CVE-2024-13997

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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