CVE-2022-24716Path traversal in Icinga Web 2
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 89.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Icinga Web 2 is an open source monitoring web interface, framework and command-line interface. Unauthenticated users can leak the contents of files of the local system accessible to the web-server user, including `icingaweb2` configuration files with database credentials. This issue has been resolved in versions 2.9.6 and 2.10 of Icinga Web 2. Database credentials should be rotated.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module, a Nuclei template and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- Icingaweb Directory Traversal in Static Library File Requests (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
auxiliary/scanner/http/icinga_static_library_file_directory_traversalRank normaldisclosed 9 May 2022
Nuclei templates1 template
- Icinga Web 2 - Arbitrary File Disclosure (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-24716.yamlSeverity high
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Icinga Web 2.10 - Arbitrary File Disclosure (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 51329webapps, phppublished 8 Apr 2023Not verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 26 days later
· 26 days later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 89.4% · top 0.2% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
- affected >= 2.9.0, < 2.9.6
References
References4
- https://github.com/Icinga/icingaweb2/security/advisories/GHSA-5p3f-rh28-8frw (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/Icinga/icingaweb2/commit/9931ed799650f5b8d5e1dc58ea3415a4cdc5773d (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- GLSA-202208-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171774/Icinga-Web-2.10-Arbitrary-File-Disclosure.html (opens in a new tab)x_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-2022-29577 (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-2022-24716)Record last updated .