Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-43199

HighLPE

Published: 07 August 2024

Published
07 August 2024
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0035 58.1th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-43199 is a high-severity Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource (CWE-732) vulnerability in Nagios Ndoutils. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 41.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Nagios NDOUtils before 2.1.4 allows privilege escalation from nagios to root because certain executable files are owned by the nagios user.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

nagios
ndoutils
≤ 2.1.4

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-269 CWE-732

Policy addresses roles, responsibilities, and privilege management to prevent improper privilege assignments.

addresses: CWE-269 CWE-732

Implements core proper privilege management by restricting to only required rights.

addresses: CWE-269 CWE-732

Policy requires training on privilege management and least privilege, making it harder to exploit improper privilege management weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-269 CWE-732

Training covers proper privilege management practices, making incorrect privilege assignments less likely.

addresses: CWE-269 CWE-732

The control mandates review of privilege assignments to ensure they are appropriate and minimal.

addresses: CWE-269 CWE-732

Baseline configuration documents and controls privilege assignments, making improper privilege management harder to introduce or sustain.

addresses: CWE-269 CWE-732

Manages privileges for change control activities and provides oversight to prevent improper privilege use in configuration updates.

addresses: CWE-269 CWE-732

Reviewing changes for security impacts prevents introduction of improper privilege assignments or escalations.

References