CVE-2024-13997

Nov. 6, 2025, 4:24 p.m.

9.4
Critical

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.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Nagios
  • Nagios Xi
  • *, 2024

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-269
Improper Privilege Management
The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a nagios nagios_xi / / / / / / / /
a nagios nagios_xi 2024 r1 / / / / / /
a nagios nagios_xi 2024 r1.0.1 / / / / / /
a nagios nagios_xi 2024 r1.0.2 / / / / / /
a nagios nagios_xi 2024 r1.1 / / / / / /
a nagios nagios_xi 2024 r1.1.1 / / / / / /
a nagios nagios_xi 2024 r1.1.2 / / / / / /

References

https://www.nagios.com/changelog/nagios-xi/
https://www.nagios.com/products/security/#nagios-xi
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nagios-xi-privilege-escalation-via-migrate-server-feature-to-root-on-host

Tags

CWE-269
disclosure@vulncheck.com
2025-11-03
CVE-2024-13997

CVSS Score

9.4 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Attack Requirements: NONE
  • Privileges Required: HIGH
  • User Interaction: NONE
  • Scope:
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH
  • Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

    • 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Timeline

Published: Nov. 3, 2025, 10:16 p.m.
Last Modified: Nov. 6, 2025, 4:24 p.m.

Status : Analyzed

CVE has had analysis completed and all data associations made.

More info

Source

disclosure@vulncheck.com

*Disclaimer: Some vulnerabilities do not have an associated CPE. To enhance the data, we use AI to infer CPEs based on CVE details. This is an automated process and might not always be accurate.