# CVE-2024-13998: Nagios XI < 2024R1.1.3 API Keys & Hashed Passwords Authenticated Information Disclosure

> Authenticated users can access sensitive API keys and password hashes, potentially leading to account compromise or offline cracking.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.0 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 30 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2mr3-pj2m-q569

## What is CVE-2024-13998?

CVE-2024-13998 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nagios Nagios Xi, published on 3 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Nagios XI versions prior to 2024R1.1.3, under certain circumstances, disclose sensitive user account information (including API keys and hashed passwords) to authenticated users who should not have access to that data. Exposure of API keys or password hashes could lead to account compromise, abuse of API privileges, or offline cracking attempts. CVE-2024-13995 addresses a similar vulnerability with a potentially incomplete fix for the underlying problem in earlier versions.

Weakness: CWE-497 (Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13998?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Nagios Nagios Xi.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-13998?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13998 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-13998 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13998 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Nagios Nagios Xi

- [CVE-2021-25296](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25296/): Nagios XI OS Command Injection (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-25297](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25297/): Nagios XI OS Command Injection (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-25298](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25298/): Nagios XI OS Command Injection (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2019-15949](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-15949/): Nagios XI Remote Code Execution (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-24401](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-24401/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-13998 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-13998 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nagios Nagios Xi, published on 3 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13998 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Nagios Nagios Xi. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13998/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13998/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13998
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13998
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13998

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13998/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.