Nagios XI up to 2024R1 System Profile privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Nagios XI. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component System Profile Component. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-14009. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Nagios XI and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component System Profile Component. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Nagios XI versions prior to 2024R1.0.1 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in the System Profile component. The System Profile feature is an administrative diagnostic/configuration capability. Due to improper access controls and unsafe handling of exported/imported profile data and operations, an authenticated administrator could exploit this vulnerability to execute actions on the underlying XI host outside the application's security scope. Successful exploitation may allow an administrator to obtain root privileges on the XI server.

The weakness was presented by Matthew Bach. The advisory is available at nagios.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-14009 since 10/22/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 2024R1.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at nagios.com.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: XI 2024R1.0.1

Timelineinfo

10/22/2025 CVE reserved
10/31/2025 +9 days Advisory disclosed
10/31/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
11/08/2025 +8 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: nagios.com
Researcher: Matthew Bach
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-14009 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-14009
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-330638

Entryinfo

Created: 10/31/2025 07:31
Updated: 11/08/2025 05:14
Changes: 10/31/2025 07:31 (70), 11/08/2025 05:14 (10)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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