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Vulnerability record · CVE-2018-6533 · published 27 February 2018

CVE-2018-6533: Icinga vulnerability

Icinga · Icinga

An issue was discovered in Icinga 2.x through 2.8.1. By editing the init.conf file, Icinga 2 can be run as root. Following this the program can be used to run arbitrary code as root. This was fixed by no longer using init.conf to determine account information for any root-executed code (a larger issue than CVE-2017-16933).

7.8 CVSS 3.0 High EPSS 0.39% · top 69.3%
7.8CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 7.2
0.39%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in Icinga 2.x through 2.8.1. By editing the init.conf file, Icinga 2 can be run as root. Following this the program can be used to run arbitrary code as root. This was fixed by no longer using init.conf to determine account information for any root-executed code (a larger issue than CVE-2017-16933).

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/pull/5850 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/pull/5850 Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2018-6533), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.