9.4

CVE-2024-13997: Nagios XI < 2024R1.1.3 Privilege Escalation via Migrate Server Feature to Root on Host

Analyzed
Published 03-11-2025Last modified 30-09-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-13997 is a critical (CVSS 9.4) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in nagios nagios_xi. EPSS estimates a 1.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.4/10
010
Critical · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.21%
0%100%
Low · +0.08 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 03-11-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 30-09-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

68%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.08 pp

From 1.13% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Nagios2 products
  • nagios_xi< 2024 | 2024:r1 | 2024:r1.0.1 | 2024:r1.0.2 | 2024:r1.1 | 2024:r1.1.1 | 2024:r1.1.2
  • xi< 2024R1.1.3

1 vendor · 2 products

References

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