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CVE-2016-10089 json

Nagios 4.3.2 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via a hard link attack on the Nagios init script file, related to CVE-2…

published 2017-02-15 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-1281

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Nagios 4.3.2 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via a hard link attack on the Nagios init script file, related to CVE-2016-8641.

Patch / fix

  • icinga Manager Client Tools 12, Enterprise Storage 4 1.13.3-12.3.1
  • nagios SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 3.0.6-1.25.36.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:3620-1SUSE-SU-2018:3240-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-10089 updated cvss 6.7

nagios: Privilege escalation due to incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8641

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) nagios Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) nagios, nagios-common Red Hat Storage 3 nagios, nagios-common
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4 nagios
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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