CVE-2020-28910
Creation of a Temporary Directory with Insecure Permissions in Nagios XI 5.7.5 and earlier allows...
Creation of a Temporary Directory with Insecure Permissions in Nagios XI 5.7.5 and earlier allows for Privilege Escalation via creation of symlinks, which are mishandled in getprofile.sh.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Creation of a Temporary Directory with Insecure Permissions in Nagios XI 5.7.5 and earlier allows for Privilege Escalation via creation of symlinks, which are mishandled in getprofile.sh.
- Record
CVE-2020-28910- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Creation of a Temporary Directory with Insecure Permissions in Nagios XI 5.7.5 and earlier allows for Privilege Escalation via creation of symlinks, which are mishandled in getprofile.sh.
- Record
CVE-2020-28910- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-21301 No score
Creation of a Temporary Directory with Insecure Permissions in Nagios XI 5.7.5 and earlier allows for Privilege Escalation via creation of symlinks, which are mishandled in getprofile.sh.
- Record
EUVD-2020-21301- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j8r2-c848-hx5v
Creation of a Temporary Directory with Insecure Permissions in Nagios XI 5.7.5 and earlier allows...
Creation of a Temporary Directory with Insecure Permissions in Nagios XI 5.7.5 and earlier allows for Privilege Escalation via creation of symlinks, which are mishandled in getprofile.sh.
- Record
GHSA-j8r2-c848-hx5v- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-276
- 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-2020-28910 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Nagios Xi, published May 24, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.13%, the 92nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log
skylightcyber.com/2021/05/20/13-nagios-vulnerabilities-7-will-shock-you
packetstormsecurity.com/files/162783/Nagios-XI-Fusion-Privilege-Escalation-Cross-Site-Scripting-Code-Execution.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28910
github.com/advisories/GHSA-j8r2-c848-hx5v