Nagios Log Server
CVE-2025-34272
MEDIUM
Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as low-privilege user
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DeliveryDefault dashboard deleted/absent
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ExploitFallback logic fails to load empty dashboard
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ExecutionUnintended shared dashboard rendered
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ImpactView exposed log data
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V14 - Data Protection Data exposure prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Collection, Discovery The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Requires an authenticated Nagios Log Server account (PR:L) and the specific triggering state where the user's configured default dashboard has been deleted so the broken fallback path executes. Meaningful information exposure further depends on the deployment's dashboard sharing and access-control configuration - the flaw only exposes data if another accessible/shared dashboard containing information beyond the user's intended scope exists to be loaded as the fallback. Limiting factors: authentication is mandatory, exploitation is conditional (not triggerable against a default/empty state), impact is read-only confidentiality with no integrity or availability effect, and no special protocol or feature toggle is named beyond the dashboard default-fallback behavior. |
| Impact | This is a medium-severity information-exposure flaw (CVSS 4.0 base 5.3) that is a low-to-moderate priority rather than an urgent one, and the signals are broadly consistent. The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N) indicates a network-reachable issue but one that requires authenticated low-privilege access (PR:L), and impact is confined to low confidentiality only (VC:L, with VI/VA:N), matching the CWE-200 classification and the description's 'information exposure or unexpected privilege exposure' language. There is no CISA KEV listing and no public proof-of-concept referenced, so this is no public exploit identified at time of analysis. The EPSS score is low (0.86%, 57th percentile), which aligns with the picture of an authenticated, low-impact logic flaw rather than a mass-exploited vulnerability. The one area of genuine uncertainty is the real-world impact magnitude: the description hedges heavily ('in some implementations', 'depending on the product's dashboard sharing and access policies'), so whether a given deployment actually exposes sensitive data depends on how dashboards are shared - the flaw is conditional, not deterministic. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An authenticated low-privilege Nagios Log Server user has their configured default dashboard deleted (by an admin or through normal cleanup), and on next login the application fails to fall back to an empty dashboard, instead presenting another existing dashboard. Depending on sharing/access policies, that fallback dashboard may contain log data or views the user was not intended to see, resulting in unintended information exposure. No public exploit code is known, and exploitation is opportunistic/conditional rather than a reliable weaponizable technique. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 07, 2026
Information exposure in Nagios Log Server deployments running versions prior to 2024R2.0.3 occurs when a user's configured default dashboard has been deleted: instead of falling back to an empty, default dashboard, the application can resolve to some other dashboard and present it as the user's default view. This requires an authenticated account (CVSS 4.0 vector PR:L) and a specific pre-existing state - the user's own default dashboard must have been deleted so the flawed fallback path is reached - and meaningful exposure further depends on whether the deployment's dashboard sharing and access-control settings make a dashboard containing information beyond the user's intended scope reachable as that fallback. The impact is read-only confidentiality only (no integrity or availability effect), rated medium at CVSS 4.0 base 5.3 with EPSS 0.86% (57th percentile); no public exploit code and no CISA KEV entry are associated with this CVE, and the vendor has shipped a fixed release in 2024R2.0.3.
RemediationAI
Apply the vendor fix by upgrading to Nagios Log Server 2024R2.0.3 or later (Vendor-released patch: 2024R2.0.3), as documented in the Nagios changelog (https://www.nagios.com/changelog/#log-server) and the product security page (https://www.nagios.com/products/security/#log-server-2024R2). Until the upgrade is complete, the most direct compensating control is to prevent the triggering state: ensure every account has an existing, valid default dashboard and restore or reassign defaults immediately whenever a dashboard is deleted, since the flawed path only executes when the user's configured default no longer exists - the trade-off is an administrative burden and a residual window between deletion and correction. As a second control, audit and tighten dashboard sharing and access policies so that no shared dashboard contains data beyond a given user's intended scope; this removes the data that could be surfaced as an unexpected fallback, but the trade-off is reduced cross-team visibility and potential friction for legitimate collaboration. Optionally create and keep an empty dashboard that can serve as an explicit, low-risk default for accounts that should see nothing by default, accepting that users must be redirected to it manually until patched. There is no indication of an authentication bypass or remote unauthenticated vector, so network-level blocking is not an effective mitigation here; instead prioritize the upgrade for deployments with broad dashboard sharing across privilege tiers.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The affected component is Nagios Log Server's dashboard default-selection and fallback logic, a web-facing feature of the product's log analytics UI. Root cause falls under CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor): when the user's persisted default dashboard reference is removed, the application fails to deterministically substitute an empty default dashboard, and instead may resolve to an unexpected dashboard object that the session can load. Because the flaw is a broken state-handling path rather than an injection or memory-safety bug, it produces no integrity or availability impact - the CVSS 4.0 metrics reflect AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N with VC:L and all subsequent-system and integrity/availability metrics at N, and the independent assessment maps to CVSS 3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N. Privileges required are low but non-zero: the attacker must hold a valid Nagios Log Server account, and the trigger is conditional (a deleted default dashboard), so the flaw is not reachable against a fresh or correctly configured default state. Exposure magnitude is deployment-dependent: information is only disclosed if a shared or otherwise accessible dashboard containing data outside the user's intended scope exists and is selected as the fallback, which ties real-world severity to the product's dashboard sharing and access policies rather than to the defect alone.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Network-reachable web app but requires an authenticated account (PR:L); only limited read confidentiality impact and no integrity/availability effect, hence C:L and I:N/A:N.
Primary rating from Vendor (vulncheck).
CVSS VectorVendor: vulncheck
DescriptionCVE.org
In Nagios Log Server versions prior to 2024R2.0.3, when a user's configured default dashboard is deleted, the application does not reliably fall back to an empty, default dashboard. In some implementations this can result in an unexpected dashboard being presented as the user's default view. Depending on the product's dashboard sharing and access policies, this behavior may cause information exposure or unexpected privilege exposure.
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Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
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Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in nrpc.c in Nagios Remote Plug-In Executor (NRPE) before 2.14 might allow remote att
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Multiple off-by-one errors in Nagios Core 3.5.1, 4.0.2, and earlier, and Icinga before 1.8.5, 1.9 before 1.9.4, and 1.10
MagpieRSS, as used in the front-end component in Nagios Core before 4.2.2 might allow remote attackers to read or write
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SQL injection vulnerability in the core config manager in Nagios XI 5.2.x through 5.4.x before 5.4.13 allows an attacker
Authentication bypass vulnerability in the core config manager in Nagios XI 5.2.x through 5.4.x before 5.4.13 allows an
A path traversal vulnerability exists in Nagios XI below version 5.8.5 AutoDiscovery component and could lead to post au
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