CVE-2022-24716: icinga icinga_web_2 Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-24716 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Path Traversal vulnerability in icinga icinga_web_2. EPSS estimates a 89.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 08-03-2022
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 23-04-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.