CVE-2026-2042

8.8 highEPSS 6.1%

High (8.8) in nagios nagios xi. EPSS 6.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Nagios Host monitoringwizard Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Nagios Host. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the monitoringwizard module. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the service account. Was ZDI-CAN-28245.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

8.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 6.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 93% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-78
Published: 2026-02-20
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

nagios:nagios_xi

References

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