statuswml.cgi in Nagios before 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) ping or (2) T
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Plan (action score 55/100)
- A ready-made attack module is public (Metasploit); exploiting it takes no special expertise.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 83.4% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 99.6% of all records.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: nagios2 (Debian:4.0) 2.6-2+etch3; nagios3 (Debian:5.0) 3.0.6-4~lenny2; nagios (Red Hat:hpc_solution:1.0) 0:2.12-3.el5.
Add it to your regular patch cycle. Upgrade to nagios2 (Debian:4.0) 2.6-2+etch3; nagios3 (Debian:5.0) 3.0.6-4~lenny2; nagios (Red Hat:hpc_solution:1.0) 0:2.12-3.el5 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
statuswml.cgi in Nagios before 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) ping or (2) Traceroute parameters.
- Published
- Jul 1, 2009
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 83.5% · 100th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-78
Report tools
Action score
55
Plan
Add it to your regular patch cycle.
- CVSS
- 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 25 / 30 · 83.5%
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| nagios | nagios | cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- nagios nagiosup to 3.1.0 inclusive
- nagios nagios1.0
- nagios nagios1.0b1
- nagios nagios1.0b2
- nagios nagios1.0b4
- nagios nagios1.1
- nagios nagios1.4.1
- nagios nagios2.0
- nagios nagios2.0b4
- nagios nagios2.10
- nagios nagios2.7
- nagios nagios3.0
- nagios nagios3.0.1
- nagios nagios3.0.2
- nagios nagios3.0.3
- nagios nagios3.0.4
- nagios nagios3.0.5
- nagios nagios3.0.6
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:4.0 | nagios2 | before 2.6-2+etch3 | 2.6-2+etch3 |
| Debian:5.0 | nagios3 | before 3.0.6-4~lenny2 | 3.0.6-4~lenny2 |
| Red Hat:hpc_solution:1.0 | nagios | before 0:2.12-3.el5 | 0:2.12-3.el5 |
| Red Hat:hpc_solution:1.0 | nagios-debuginfo | before 0:2.12-3.el5 | 0:2.12-3.el5 |
| Red Hat:hpc_solution:1.0 | nagios-devel | before 0:2.12-3.el5 | 0:2.12-3.el5 |
Same product
nagios: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2012-6096Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the get_history function in history.cgi in Nagios Core before 3.4.4, and Icinga 1.6.x before 1.6.2,50Plan
- CVE-2016-9565MagpieRSS, as used in the front-end component in Nagios Core before 4.2.2 might allow remote attackers to read or write to arbitrary files b46Plan
- CVE-2002-1959Nagios 1.0b1 through 1.0b3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in plugin output.41Plan
- CVE-2016-0726The Fedora Nagios package uses "nagiosadmin" as the default password for the "nagiosadmin" administrator account, which makes it easier for 40Plan
- CVE-2013-7108Multiple off-by-one errors in Nagios Core 3.5.1, 4.0.2, and earlier, and Icinga before 1.8.5, 1.9 before 1.9.4, and 1.10 before 1.10.2 allow40Plan
- CVE-2020-6585Nagios Log Server 2.1.3 has CSRF.35Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:nagios2 | 2.6-2+etch3 · Debian:4.0 | Package registry (OSV) |
| debian:nagios3 | 3.0.6-4~lenny2 · Debian:5.0 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:nagios | 0:2.12-3.el5 · Red Hat:hpc_solution:1.0 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:nagios-debuginfo | 0:2.12-3.el5 · Red Hat:hpc_solution:1.0 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:nagios-devel | 0:2.12-3.el5 · Red Hat:hpc_solution:1.0 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
Weaponized
A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.
Evidence
- Metasploit module ×1
- Exploit-DB entry ×3
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| Source | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB entry | remote | 2009-05-22 |
| Exploit-DB entry | webapps | 2010-07-14 |
| Exploit-DB entry | webapps | 2009-10-30 |
| Metasploit module | exploit/unix/webapp/nagios3_statuswml_pingNagios3 statuswml.cgi Ping Command Executionexploit | 2009-06-22 |
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
- First PoC-40 d
- Metasploit-9 d
- Published
- TodayOct 13, 2026+6313 d
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- P · data can be read
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- P · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- P
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- P
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-78 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
nvd-primary
Root cause
User input is inserted as text into a shell command. The shell may interpret special characters in the input as part of the command.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-78 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
const host = req.body.host;exec("ping -c 1 " + host, onResult);Fixed
const host = req.body.host;if (!/^[a-z0-9.-]{1,253}$/i.test(host)) return res.sendStatus(400);execFile("ping", ["-c", "1", host], onResult);Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Command Line Execution through SQL InjectionCAPEC-108likelihood: Low · Very High
- Command DelimitersCAPEC-15likelihood: High · High
- Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation LayersCAPEC-43likelihood: Medium · High
- Argument InjectionCAPEC-6likelihood: High · High
- OS Command InjectionCAPEC-88likelihood: High · High
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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- secunia.com/advisories/35543
- secunia.com/advisories/35688
- secunia.com/advisories/35692
- secunia.com/advisories/39227
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-15.xml
- www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1825
- www.nagios.org/development/history/core-3x/
- www.securitytracker.com/id?1022503
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-795-1
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0750
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.