CVE-2019-9166
Privilege escalation in Nagios XI before 5.5.11 allows local attackers to elevate privileges to...
Privilege escalation in Nagios XI before 5.5.11 allows local attackers to elevate privileges to root via write access to config.inc.php and import_xiconfig.php.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Privilege escalation in Nagios XI before 5.5.11 allows local attackers to elevate privileges to root via write access to config.inc.php and import_xiconfig.php.
- Record
CVE-2019-9166- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Privilege escalation in Nagios XI before 5.5.11 allows local attackers to elevate privileges to root via write access to config.inc.php and import_xiconfig.php.
- Record
CVE-2019-9166- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-18544 No score
Privilege escalation in Nagios XI before 5.5.11 allows local attackers to elevate privileges to root via write access to config.inc.php and import_xiconfig.php.
- Record
EUVD-2019-18544- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9r68-mh3v-mmqj
Privilege escalation in Nagios XI before 5.5.11 allows local attackers to elevate privileges to...
Privilege escalation in Nagios XI before 5.5.11 allows local attackers to elevate privileges to root via write access to config.inc.php and import_xiconfig.php.
- Record
GHSA-9r68-mh3v-mmqj- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-9166 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Nagios Xi, published March 28, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.24%, the 69th percentile. No source names a fixed version.