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CVE-2016-9565
MagpieRSS, as used in the front-end component in Nagios Core before 4.2.2 might allow remote attackers to read or write to arbitrary files…
Critical9.8EPSS 22.7%
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- mitre
Description
MagpieRSS, as used in the front-end component in Nagios Core before 4.2.2 might allow remote attackers to read or write to arbitrary files by spoofing a crafted response from the Nagios RSS feed server. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4796.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 22.7% · top 2.3% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (16)
- GLSA-201710-20 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 20161215 Nagios Core < 4.2.2 Curl Command Injection leading to Remote Code Execution [CVE-2016-9565] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1037488 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 94922 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0258 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0212 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0213 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140169/Nagios-Core-Curl-Command-Injection-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20161215 Nagios Core < 4.2.2 Curl Command Injection leading to Remote Code Execution [CVE-2016-9565] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 40920 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/history/4x/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201702-26 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0259 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nagios-Exploit-Command-Injection-CVE-2016-9565-2008-4796.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0214 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0211 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .