Nagios XI versions prior to 5.7.3 contain a command injection vulnerability in the report PDF download/export functionality. User-supplied values used in the PDF generation pipeline or the wrapper that invokes offline/pdf helper utilities were insufficiently validated or improperly escaped, allowing an authenticated attacker who can trigger PDF exports to inject shell metacharacters or arguments.
History

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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First Time appeared Nagios
Nagios xi
Vendors & Products Nagios
Nagios xi

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Description Nagios XI versions prior to 5.7.3 contain a command injection vulnerability in the report PDF download/export functionality. User-supplied values used in the PDF generation pipeline or the wrapper that invokes offline/pdf helper utilities were insufficiently validated or improperly escaped, allowing an authenticated attacker who can trigger PDF exports to inject shell metacharacters or arguments.
Title Nagios XI < 5.7.3 Command Injection in Report PDF Download
Weaknesses CWE-78
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2025-10-30T21:37:09.717Z

Updated: 2025-10-31T13:25:40.026Z

Reserved: 2025-10-30T14:33:17.565Z

Link: CVE-2020-36867

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-31T13:06:09.640Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-10-30T22:15:39.700

Modified: 2025-10-30T22:15:39.700

Link: CVE-2020-36867

cve-icon Redhat

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