CVE-2017-16834

7.8 highEPSS 0.4%

High (7.8) in pnp4nagios pnp4nagios. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

PNP4Nagios through 0.6.26 has /usr/bin/npcd and npcd.cfg owned by an unprivileged account but root code execution depends on these files, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to this unprivileged account.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 29% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-732
Published: 2017-11-16
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

pnp4nagios:pnp4nagios

References

https://github.com/lingej/pnp4nagios/issues/140
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-09
https://github.com/lingej/pnp4nagios/issues/140
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-09

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