{"cve":"CVE-2018-8736","nvd":{"published":"2018-04-18T00:29:00.487","modified":"2026-06-17T02:05:19.123","status":"Modified","description":"A privilege escalation vulnerability in Nagios XI 5.2.x through 5.4.x before 5.4.13 allows an attacker to leverage an RCE vulnerability escalating to root.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":8.8},"cwes":[],"references":["https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/CHANGES-5.TXT","https://blog.redactedsec.net/exploits/2018/04/26/nagios.html","https://gist.github.com/caleBot/f0a93b5a98574393e0139104eacc2d0f","https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44560/","https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44969/"],"products":["nagios:nagios_xi"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:49:59.483420567+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2018-8736","score":0.45628,"percentile":0.98795,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}