CVE-2025-5965 RCE via the backup feature available only to user with high privilege

High 7.2 Published Updated

High-privilege users can execute arbitrary OS commands via the backup feature in Centreon Infra Monitoring.

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-2025-5965?

CVE-2025-5965 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Centreon Centreon Web, published on 5 Jan 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the backup parameters, a user with high privilege is able to concatenate custom instructions to the backup setup. Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in Centreon Infra Monitoring (Backup configuration in the administration setup modules) allows OS Command Injection.This issue affects Infra Monitoring: from 25.10.0 before 25.10.2, from 24.10.0 before 24.10.15, from 24.04.0 before 24.04.19.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5965?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Centreon Centreon Web.

How do I fix CVE-2025-5965?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5965 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-2025-5965 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-5965 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Centreon Centreon Web vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4vv3-prpf-hx46.

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