CVE-2021-32739
Results of queries for ApiListener objects include the ticket salt which allows in turn to steal (more privileged) identities
Icinga is a monitoring system which checks the availability of network resources, notifies users of outages, and generates performance data for reporting. From version 2.4.0 through version 2.12.4, a vulnerability exists that may allow privilege escalation for authenticated API users. With a read-ony user's credentials, an attacker can view most attributes of all config objects including ticket_salt of ApiListener. This salt is enough to compute a ticket for every possible common name (CN). A ticket, the master node's certificate, and a self-signed certificate are enough to successfully request the desired certificate from Icinga. That certificate may in turn be used to steal an endpoint or API user's identity. Versions 2.12.5 and 2.11.10 both contain a fix the vulnerability. As a workaround, one may either specify queryable types explicitly or filter out ApiListener objects.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- 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
CVE List Score used
8.8
Results of queries for ApiListener objects include the ticket salt which allows in turn to steal (more privileged) identities
Icinga is a monitoring system which checks the availability of network resources, notifies users of outages, and generates performance data for reporting. From version 2.4.0 through version 2.12.4, a vulnerability exists that may allow privilege escalation for authenticated API users. With a read-ony user's credentials, an attacker can view most attributes of all config objects including ticket_salt of ApiListener. This salt is enough to compute a ticket for every possible common name (CN). A ticket, the master node's certificate, and a self-signed certificate are enough to successfully request the desired certificate from Icinga. That certificate may in turn be used to steal an endpoint or API user's identity. Versions 2.12.5 and 2.11.10 both contain a fix the vulnerability. As a workaround, one may either specify queryable types explicitly or filter out ApiListener objects.
- Record
CVE-2021-32739- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-267
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-19513
8.8
Icinga is a monitoring system which checks the availability of network resources, notifies users of outages, and generates performance data for reporting. From version 2.4.0 through version 2.12.4, a vulnerability exists that may allow privilege escalation for authenticated API users. With a read-ony user's credentials, an attacker can view most attributes of all config objects including ticket_salt of ApiListener. This salt is enough to compute a ticket for every possible common name (CN). A ticket, the master node's certificate, and a self-signed certificate are enough to successfully request the desired certificate from Icinga. That certificate may in turn be used to steal an endpoint or API user's identity. Versions 2.12.5 and 2.11.10 both contain a fix the vulnerability. As a workaround, one may either specify queryable types explicitly or filter out ApiListener objects.
- Record
EUVD-2021-19513- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
8.8
Icinga is a monitoring system which checks the availability of network resources, notifies users of outages, and generates performance data for reporting. From version 2.4.0 through version 2.12.4, a vulnerability exists that may allow privilege escalation for authenticated API users. With a read-ony user's credentials, an attacker can view most attributes of all config objects including ticket_salt of ApiListener. This salt is enough to compute a ticket for every possible common name (CN). A ticket, the master node's certificate, and a self-signed certificate are enough to successfully request the desired certificate from Icinga. That certificate may in turn be used to steal an endpoint or API user's identity. Versions 2.12.5 and 2.11.10 both contain a fix the vulnerability. As a workaround, one may either specify queryable types explicitly or filter out ApiListener objects.
- Record
CVE-2021-32739- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-267, CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
8.8
Icinga is a monitoring system which checks the availability of network resources, notifies users of outages, and generates performance data for reporting. From version 2.4.0 through version 2.12.4, a vulnerability exists that may allow privilege escalation for authenticated API users. With a read-ony user's credentials, an attacker can view most attributes of all config objects including ticket_salt of ApiListener. This salt is enough to compute a ticket for every possible common name (CN). A ticket, the master node's certificate, and a self-signed certificate are enough to successfully request the desired certificate from Icinga. That certificate may in turn be used to steal an endpoint or API user's identity. Versions 2.12.5 and 2.11.10 both contain a fix the vulnerability. As a workaround, one may either specify queryable types explicitly or filter out ApiListener objects.
- Record
CVE-2021-32739- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2021-32739
8.8
Icinga is a monitoring system which checks the availability of network resources, notifies users of outages, and generates performance data for reporting. From version 2.4.0 through version 2.12.4, a vulnerability exists that may allow privilege escalation for authenticated API users. With a read-ony user's credentials, an attacker can view most attributes of all config objects including ticket_salt of ApiListener. This salt is enough to compute a ticket for every possible common name (CN). A ticket, the master node's certificate, and a self-signed certificate are enough to successfully request the desired certificate from Icinga. That certificate may in turn be used to steal an endpoint or API user's identity. Versions 2.12.5 and 2.11.10 both contain a fix the vulnerability. As a workaround, one may either specify queryable types explicitly or filter out ApiListener objects.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2021-32739- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2021-32739
8.8
Icinga is a monitoring system which checks the availability of network resources, notifies users of outages, and generates performance data for reporting. From version 2.4.0 through version 2.12.4, a vulnerability exists that may allow privilege escalation for authenticated API users. With a read-ony user's credentials, an attacker can view most attributes of all config objects including ticket_salt of ApiListener. This salt is enough to compute a ticket for every possible common name (CN). A ticket, the master node's certificate, and a self-signed certificate are enough to successfully request the desired certificate from Icinga. That certificate may in turn be used to steal an endpoint or API user's identity. Versions 2.12.5 and 2.11.10 both contain a fix the vulnerability. As a workaround, one may either specify queryable types explicitly or filter out ApiListener objects.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32739- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2021:1089-1 No score
Security update for icinga2
This update for icinga2 fixes the following issues:
icinga2 was updated to 2.12.5:
Version 2.12.5 fixes two security vulnerabilities that may lead to privilege escalation for authenticated API users. Other improvements include several bugfixes related to downtimes, downtime notifications, and more reliable connection handling.
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Security
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Don't expose the PKI ticket salt via the API. This may lead to privilege escalation for authenticated API users by them being able to request certificates for other identities (CVE-2021-32739)
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Don't expose IdoMysqlConnection, IdoPgsqlConnection, and ElasticsearchWriter passwords via the API (CVE-2021-32743)
Depending on your setup, manual intervention beyond installing the new versions may be required, so please read the more detailed information in the release blog post carefully.
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Bugfixes
- Don't send downtime end notification if downtime hasn't started #8878
- Don't let a failed downtime creation block the others #8871
- Support downtimes and comments for checkables with long names #8870
- Trigger fixed downtimes immediately if the current time matches (instead of waiting for the timer) #8891
- Add configurable timeout for full connection handshake #8872
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Enhancements
- Replace existing downtimes on ScheduledDowntime change #8880
- Improve crashlog #8869
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2021:1089-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10856-1 No score
icinga2-2.13.1-1.3 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the icinga2-2.13.1-1.3 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10856-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
icinga2Debian:12 |
before 2.12.5-1 | 2.12.5-1 |
icinga2Debian:13 |
before 2.12.5-1 | 2.12.5-1 |
icinga2Debian:14 |
before 2.12.5-1 | 2.12.5-1 |
icinga2Debian:9 |
before 2.6.0-2+deb9u2, plus listed versions 2.6.0-22.6.0-2+deb9u1 |
2.6.0-2+deb9u2 |
icinga2Debian:11 |
before 2.12.3-1+deb11u1, plus listed versions 2.12.3-1 |
2.12.3-1+deb11u1 |
icinga2Ubuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.3.8-1build12.3.11-12.4.0-12.4.1-12.4.1-22.4.1-2ubuntu1 |
None known |
icinga2Ubuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.7.0-12.8.1-0ubuntu2 |
None known |
icinga2Ubuntu:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.10.5-1build12.11.2-12.11.2-1ubuntu12.11.2-1ubuntu22.11.2-1ubuntu3 |
None known |
icinga2Ubuntu:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.12.3-12.13.1-12.13.2-12.13.2-1build12.13.2-1build2 |
None known |
icinga2Ubuntu:24.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.13.8-12.14.1-12.14.2-12.14.2-1build12.14.2-1build2 |
None known |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
icinga2Ubuntu:25.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.14.5-12.14.6-12.15.0-1 |
None known |
icinga2Ubuntu:26.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.15.1-12.16.1-12.16.3-12.16.4-1build12.16.5-1 |
None known |
icinga2Ubuntu:26.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.15.0-12.15.1-1 |
None known |
icinga2SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP1 |
before 2.12.5-bp153.2.5.1 | 2.12.5-bp153.2.5.1 |
icinga2SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP2 |
before 2.12.5-bp153.2.5.1 | 2.12.5-bp153.2.5.1 |
icinga2SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP3 |
before 2.12.5-bp153.2.5.1 | 2.12.5-bp153.2.5.1 |
icinga2openSUSE:Leap 15.2 |
before 2.12.5-bp153.2.5.1 | 2.12.5-bp153.2.5.1 |
icinga2openSUSE:Leap 15.3 |
before 2.12.5-bp153.2.5.1 | 2.12.5-bp153.2.5.1 |
icinga2openSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 2.13.1-1.3 | 2.13.1-1.3 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-32739 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Icinga, published July 15, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.14%, the 66th percentile. Fixed in icinga2 2.12.5-1.
References
github.com/Icinga/icinga2/security/advisories/GHSA-98wp-jc6q-x5q5
icinga.com/blog/2021/07/02/releasing-icinga-2-12-5-2-11-10
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00010.html
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00010.html
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-32739
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-32739
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icinga.com/blog/2021/07/15/releasing-icinga-2-12-5-and-2-11-10
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-32739
lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/AG46DROWC4ZEVBNIZC5IYVVFYH4FMFCS
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-29663
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-32739
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-32743
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16933
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6534
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14004
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-37698