Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-13998

Nagios Xi ≤ 2024

Public PoC
Published
03 November 2025
Modified
06 November 2025
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v4 6.0
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0097 59th percentile
Risk Priority 37 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-13998 is a medium-severity Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere (CWE-497) vulnerability in Nagios Nagios Xi. Its CVSS base score is 6.0 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique System Information Discovery (T1082); ranked in the top 41% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and AC-4 (Information Flow Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A01:2025 Broken Access Control

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Nagios XI versions prior to 2024R1.1.3, under certain circumstances, disclose sensitive user account information (including API keys and hashed passwords) to authenticated users who should not have access to that data. Exposure of API keys or password hashes could lead…

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to account compromise, abuse of API privileges, or offline cracking attempts. CVE-2024-13995 addresses a similar vulnerability with a potentially incomplete fix for the underlying problem in earlier versions.

CWE(s)
CWE-497

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1082 System Information Discovery Discovery
An adversary may attempt to get detailed information about the operating system and hardware, including version, patches, hotfixes, service packs, and architecture.
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T1614 System Location Discovery Discovery
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2024-13999Same product: Nagios Nagios Xi
CVE-2025-34283Same product: Nagios Nagios Xi
CVE-2024-13995Same product: Nagios Nagios Xi
CVE-2024-54961Same product: Nagios Nagios Xi
CVE-2024-14003Same product: Nagios Nagios Xi
CVE-2025-56432Same product: Nagios Nagios Xi
CVE-2023-53688Same product: Nagios Nagios Xi
CVE-2023-7314Same product: Nagios Nagios Xi
CVE-2024-14005Same product: Nagios Nagios Xi
CVE-2024-14000Same product: Nagios Nagios Xi

Affected Assets

nagios
nagios xi
2024 · ≤ 2024

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 5 hardening rules · 4 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V14.1.2

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

AC-3 Access Enforcement good match

Enforces approved authorizations for logical access, directly stopping unauthorized actors from reaching sensitive system information.

AC-4 Information Flow Enforcement good match

Enforces information flow policies that block sensitive system data from crossing into unauthorized control spheres.

AC-6 Least Privilege good match

Limits privileges so that only the minimum necessary access is granted, reducing the chance of exposing system-level details.

SC-7 Boundary Protection partial match

Controls communications at external and key internal boundaries to keep sensitive system information inside authorized spheres.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.AA-05 mostly match
prevents

Enforcing least-privilege access permissions directly prevents unauthorized actors from reaching sensitive system information.

PR.IR-01 mostly match
prevents

Protecting environments from unauthorized logical access stops exposure of internal system details to outsiders.

PR.PS-06 partial match
prevents

Secure-development practices reduce the chance of code paths that leak sensitive system information.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.7.3 Securing offices, rooms and facilities none match
none

Keeping internal maps, directories, and signage from public view prevents disclosure of system or facility details that could aid reconnaissance or targeted attacks.

Hardening callouts derived

Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that bear on weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Each rule is shown with the relationship its mapping actually records, against the CWE it was authored against. Derived via CVE→CWE over `controls_xwalks` (authoritative rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).

Oracle Linux 8 (2 rules)
  • V-248551 A sticky bit must be set on all OL 8 public directories to prevent unauthorized and unintended information transferred via shared system resources. prevents CWE-497
  • V-248580 OL 8 must prevent kernel profiling by unprivileged users. prevents CWE-497
RHEL 8 (1 rule)
  • V-230270 RHEL 8 must prevent kernel profiling by unprivileged users. prevents CWE-497
Ubuntu 22.04 (1 rule)
  • V-260470 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, when booted, must require authentication upon booting into single-user and maintenance modes. prevents CWE-497
Ubuntu 24.04 (1 rule)
  • V-270675 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS when booted must require authentication upon booting into single-user and maintenance modes. prevents CWE-497

References