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CVE-2008-5027
The Nagios process in (1) Nagios before 3.0.5 and (2) op5 Monitor before 4.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass authorization…
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 6.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The Nagios process in (1) Nagios before 3.0.5 and (2) op5 Monitor before 4.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass authorization checks, and trigger execution of arbitrary programs by this process, via an (a) custom form or a (b) browser addon.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.7% · top 6.0% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
15
- [nagios-devel] 20081107 Security fixes completed (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- ADV-2008-3364 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- GLSA-200907-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://www.nagios.org/development/history/nagios-3x.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 33320 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20081106 CVE request: Nagios (two issues) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 32156 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1022165 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- USN-698-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://www.op5.com/support/news/389-important-security-fix-available-for-op5-monitor (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-3029 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SSRT090060 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1256 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- USN-698-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 35002 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-5006 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-5027)Record last updated .