CVE-2022-24716 Path traversal in Icinga Web 2

What is CVE-2022-24716?

CVE-2022-24716 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in icingaweb2, published on 8 Mar 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Icinga Web 2 is an open source monitoring web interface, framework and command-line interface. Unauthenticated users can leak the contents of files of the local system accessible to the web-server user, including `icingaweb2` configuration files with database credentials. This issue has been resolved in versions 2.9.6 and 2.10 of Icinga Web 2. Database credentials should be rotated.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-24716?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Icinga Icinga Web 2.

How do I fix CVE-2022-24716?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2022-24716 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-24716 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module, 1 Exploit-DB entry, 1 Nuclei template and 5 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Other vulnerabilities in icingaweb2

• CVE-2018-18249 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-24715 Arbitrary code execution for authenticated users in Icinga Web 2 High 8.5
• CVE-2025-27404 Icinga Web 2 DOM-based XSS vulnerability High 7.7
• CVE-2025-27405 Icinga Web 2 has XSS in embedded content High 7.7
• CVE-2018-18250 Other in n/a High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-24716, GHSA-5p3f-rh28-8frw, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24716.