CVE-2025-61789 Icinga DB Web hidden/protected custom variables are prone to filter enumeration
Authorized users can enumerate values of hidden or protected custom variables in Icinga DB Web via filter queries, exposing sensitive configuration data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-61789?
CVE-2025-61789 is a medium-severity vulnerability in icingadb-web, published on 16 Oct 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Icinga DB Web provides a graphical interface for Icinga monitoring. Before 1.1.4 and 1.2.3, an authorized user with access to Icinga DB Web, can use a custom variable in a filter that is either protected by icingadb/protect/variables or hidden by icingadb/denylist/variables, to guess values assigned to it. Versions 1.1.4 and 1.2.3 respond with an error if such a custom variable is used.
Weakness: CWE-204
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-61789?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Icinga Icinga Db Web.
How do I fix CVE-2025-61789?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2025-61789 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-61789 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in icingadb-web
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-61789, GHSA-w57j-28jc-8429, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-61789.