An issue was discovered in Nagios XI before 5.9.3. The is_insecure_login_authenticated function uses a insecure timing comparison that leads to an attacker being able to bruteforce the admin password, by measuring timing differences in the comparison.
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Wed, 16 Sep 2026 15:30:00 +0000
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Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0000
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| Title | Timing Side-Channel Enables Brute-Force Login to Nagios XI |
Mon, 14 Sep 2026 23:30:00 +0000
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| Title | Timing Side-Channel Enables Brute-Force Login to Nagios XI |
Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000
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Mon, 14 Sep 2026 04:00:00 +0000
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| Description | An issue was discovered in Nagios XI before 5.9.3. The is_insecure_login_authenticated function uses a insecure timing comparison that leads to an attacker being able to bruteforce the admin password, by measuring timing differences in the comparison. | |
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Nagios
Nagios nagios Xi |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-208 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Nagios
Nagios nagios Xi |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2026-09-14T00:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2026-09-16T14:30:20.590Z
Reserved: 2023-01-21T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2023-24035
Updated: 2026-09-16T14:30:14.232Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-09-14T04:16:35.293
Modified: 2026-09-22T19:56:19.073
Link: CVE-2023-24035
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