CVE-2024-13997

High

Description

Nagios XI versions prior to 2024R1.1.3 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in which an authenticated administrator could leverage the Migrate Server feature to obtain root privileges on the underlying XI host. By abusing the migration workflow, an admin-level attacker could execute actions outside the intended security scope of the application, resulting in full control of the operating system.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.2
Exploit probability—
ProductNagios Xi
PublishedNov 3, 2025
First seenNov 3, 2025

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
nagios nagios_xiv < 2024, 20242024

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CVE-2024-13997 · Nagios Xi · Dark Radar