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CVE-2018-25123

Published: Oct 30, 2025

Modified: Nov 17, 2025

PUBLISHED

Description

Nagios XI versions prior to 5.5.7 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in the MRTG graphing component. MRTG-related processes/scripts executed with excessive privileges, allowing a local attacker with limited system access to abuse file/command execution paths or writable resources to gain elevated privileges.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Nagios	XI	affected `0 - < 5.5.7`

Weaknesses (CWE)

References

https://www.nagios.com/changelog/nagios-xi/

release-notes

patch

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nagios-xi-privilege-escalation-via-mrtg-graphing-component

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