Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-37344

CriticalRCE

Published: 13 August 2021

Published
13 August 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.5505 98.1th percentile
Risk Priority 53 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-37344 is a critical-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Nagios Nagios Xi Switch Wizard. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 1.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Nagios XI Switch Wizard before version 2.5.7 is vulnerable to remote code execution through improper neutralisation of special elements used in an OS Command (OS Command injection).

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

nagios
nagios xi switch wizard
≤ 2.5.7

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-78

Platform-independent apps typically execute inside a managed runtime or sandbox that restricts direct OS command execution, reducing the ability to exploit OS command injection.

addresses: CWE-78

Validates inputs to block special elements that would alter OS command execution.

References