CISA KEV entry

CVE-2021-25298Nagios XI OS Command Injection

Nagios Nagios XI. Added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue on 18 January 2022.

Data status: a source is stale

Last synced CISA catalogue version 2026.11.04 (released 4 November 2026) 1,768 entries Updated manually

Date added
2022-01-18
Federal due date
2022-02-01 14 days after it was added; passed at the sync of 2026-11-05
Known ransomware use
Unknown
Forensic triage (BOD 26-04)
No
CVSS
8.8 High CVSS 3.1, scored by nvd@nist.gov
EPSS
73.64% percentile 99.4, scored 2026-11-04
CISA SSVC
Exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total
NVD status
Analyzed published 2021-02-15, 337 days before the KEV listing

BOD 26-04 remediation window

With CISA's SSVC answers for this CVE (automatable: no, technical impact: total), BOD 26-04 Table 1 gives 3 days and forensic triage on a publicly exposed asset (row 3) and 14 days on an asset that is not publicly exposed (row 11) S06. The catalogue due date, 14 days after the date added, was set before BOD 26-04 took effect on 10 June 2026 S06. The directive binds US federal civilian executive branch agencies only.

What CISA says

Short description

Nagios XI contains a vulnerability which can lead to OS command injection on the Nagios XI server.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25298

CWE in the catalogue

CWE-78, CWE-138

NVD details

CWE (NVD)
NVD-CWE-Other by nvd@nist.gov, CWE-78 by CISA ADP
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS versions in NVD
V2, V31
Last modified in NVD
2026-07-09T13:39:54.287

Where each value comes from

Source and fetch time of every field on this page
FieldSourceFetched, UTCState
Catalogue fieldsCISA KEV JSON, version 2026.11.042026-11-05 11:38current
NVD published, status, CVSS, CWE, vendor linksNVD CVE API 2.0; CVSS: NVD (nvd@nist.gov)2026-11-03 12:37current at 2026-11-05 11:38
EPSSFIRST EPSS API, scores of 2026-11-042026-11-05 11:38current
CISA SSVCCISA ADP (via NVD), record of 2025-02-042026-11-03 12:37current

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