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Vulnerability record · CVE-2018-16146 · published 5 September 2018

CVE-2018-16146: Opsview os command injection vulnerability

Opsview · Opsview

The web management console of Opsview Monitor 5.4.x before 5.4.2 provides functionality accessible by an authenticated administrator to test notifications that are triggered under certain configurable events. The value parameter is not properly sanitized, leading to arbitrary command injection with the privileges of the nagios user account.

7.2 CVSS 3.0 High EPSS 6.2% · top 6.7% CWE-78 · OS command injection
7.2CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 9.0
6.2%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References, 4 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The web management console of Opsview Monitor 5.4.x before 5.4.2 provides functionality accessible by an authenticated administrator to test notifications that are triggered under certain configurable events. The value parameter is not properly sanitized, leading to arbitrary command injection with the privileges of the nagios user account.

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://knowledge.opsview.com/v5.4/docs/whats-new Vendor Advisory
https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Sep/3 ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/opsview-monitor-multiple-vulnerabilities ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://knowledge.opsview.com/v5.4/docs/whats-new Vendor Advisory
https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Sep/3 ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/opsview-monitor-multiple-vulnerabilities ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2018-16146), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.