Nagios XI < 2024R1.3.2 Authenticated Arbitrary File Upload Path Traversal RCE

Advisories

severity: high
date: August 28, 2025
Affecting: Nagios XI < 2024R1.3.2
CVE: CVE-2024-13986
CWE: CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CVSS: 8.7
CVSS V4 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
References: Researcher Disclosure
Nagios XI Security Disclosures
Nagios XI Changelog
Credit: M. Cory Billington of theyhack.me