# CVE-2024-58273: Nagios Log Server < 2024R1.0.2 LPE from Apache/Backend Shell User to Root

> An attacker with Apache or backend shell access can escalate privileges to root on Nagios Log Server hosts.

- **Severity:** High 8.5 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 17 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2j3r-x22c-hqx9

## What is CVE-2024-58273?

CVE-2024-58273 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nagios Log Server, published on 30 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Nagios Log Server versions prior to 2024R1.0.2 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows an attacker who could execute commands as the Apache web user (or the backend shell user) to escalate to root on the host.

Weakness: CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-58273?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Nagios Log Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-58273?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-58273 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-58273 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-58273 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Nagios Log Server

- [CVE-2025-44823](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-44823/): Information disclosure in Log Server (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2025-34277](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-34277/): Nagios Log Server < 2024R1.3.1 RCE via Malformed Dashboard ID (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2025-34274](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-34274/): Nagios Log Server < 2024R2.0.3 Logstash Process Root Privileges (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2023-7322](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7322/): Nagios Log Server < 2024R1 Incorrect Authorization Granting Full API Access (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2025-34271](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-34271/): Nagios Log Server < 2024R2.0.2 Cluster Manager Credential Requests Sent Over Plaintext (high 8.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-58273 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-58273 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nagios Log Server, published on 30 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-58273 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Nagios Log Server. 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-2024-58273/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-58273/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-58273
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-58273
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-58273

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-58273/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.