CVE-2020-35578 Command injection in n/a
Authenticated administrators can execute arbitrary OS commands via mishandled line-ending conversion during plugin uploads in Nagios XI.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-35578?
CVE-2020-35578 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Nagios Nagios Xi, published on 13 Jan 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in the Manage Plugins page in Nagios XI before 5.8.0. Because the line-ending conversion feature is mishandled during a plugin upload, a remote, authenticated admin user can execute operating-system commands.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-35578?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nagios Nagios Xi.
How do I fix CVE-2020-35578?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-35578 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2020-35578 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-35578 exists.
Public exploit code: 2 Metasploit modules and 1 Exploit-DB entry.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-gp5w-f9p7-f7f5.