CVE-2024-14005CWE-78command-injection

CVE-2024-14005

High · published October 31, 2025

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
4%
Percentile
90.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

🚨 A crafty command injection lurks in the Docker Wizard of Nagios XI! An authenticated admin could unwittingly open the door to arbitrary command execution! 🔥 Think of the Docker Wizard as a restaurant where the chef takes orders from customers without double-checking ingredients. If someone slips in a request for a secret ingredient, it could lead to a kitchen catastrophe, with no one knowing who put it there! An attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to execute malicious commands with the same privileges as the Nagios XI web application user. This means they can manipulate, delete, or access sensitive data on the server, putting your entire monitoring system at risk!

Put simply

Think of the Docker Wizard as a restaurant where the chef takes orders from customers without double-checking ingredients. If someone slips in a request for a secret ingredient, it could lead to a kitchen catastrophe, with no one knowing who put it there! This command injection vulnerability in Nagios XI arises from insufficient validation of user-supplied input, enabling an authenticated administrator to inject shell metacharacters into backend commands.

What to do

An attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to execute malicious commands with the same privileges as the Nagios XI web application user. This means they can manipulate, delete, or access sensitive data on the server, putting your entire monitoring system at risk! To safeguard your system, patch Nagios XI to version 2024R1.2 immediately. Audit any existing configurations, and ensure strict input validation measures are in place to prevent such injections in the future. You've got this! By acting quickly, you can lock this vulnerability down and keep your monitoring system secure! 🛡️

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.04028 · 90.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-78 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Published
2025-10-31T02:15Z
Affected products (10)
ProductVersionsFixed in
nagios/nagios_xi< 20242024
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References (3)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 30 OCT 21:37Z
    Nagios XI < 2024R1.2 Command Injection via Docker Wizard
    cvelistv5