Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-61789

Icinga Db Web ≤ 1.1.4

Published
16 October 2025
Modified
11 December 2025
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 5.3
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0034 26th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-61789 is a medium-severity Observable Response Discrepancy (CWE-204) vulnerability in Icinga Icinga Db Web. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Local Account (T1087.001); ranked at the 26th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SI-11 (Error Handling) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Icinga DB Web provides a graphical interface for Icinga monitoring. Before 1.1.4 and 1.2.3, an authorized user with access to Icinga DB Web, can use a custom variable in a filter that is either protected by icingadb/protect/variables or hidden by…

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icingadb/denylist/variables, to guess values assigned to it. Versions 1.1.4 and 1.2.3 respond with an error if such a custom variable is used.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1087.001 Local Account Discovery
Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of local system accounts.
T1087.002 Domain Account Discovery
Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of domain accounts.
Why these techniques?

The vulnerability allows an authorized user to enumerate or guess values of protected/hidden custom variables through error-based responses, which aligns with account and configuration discovery techniques for local and domain accounts.

Confidence: MEDIUM · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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CVE-2025-30164Same vendor: Icinga
CVE-2025-61909Same vendor: Icinga
CVE-2024-55198Shared CWE-204
CVE-2025-27609Same vendor: Icinga
CVE-2025-54129Shared CWE-204
CVE-2025-27405Same vendor: Icinga

Affected Assets

icinga
icinga db web
≤ 1.1.4 · 1.2.0 — 1.2.3

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • AC-3 Access Enforcement
  • SI-11 Error Handling
  • AC-4 Information Flow Enforcement
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V13.4.5

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Enforces the icingadb/protect/variables and denylist/variables restrictions so that protected custom variables cannot be referenced in user-supplied filters.

prevent

Requires consistent, non-revealing error responses when a protected variable is referenced, eliminating the observable discrepancy used to guess values (CWE-204).

prevent

Controls information flows so that values of variables marked protected or denylisted are never exposed through query results or side-channel responses.

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.PS-06 full match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly prevent introduction of inconsistent response behavior that leaks internal state.

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.

detects

Security testing can detect observable response discrepancies before deployment.

mitigates

Network security controls can enforce uniform responses and suppress observable discrepancies.

prevents

Secure SDLC practices include error-handling and response standardization to avoid information disclosure.

prevents

Application security requirements typically mandate consistent, non-revealing error messages.

prevents

Secure architecture principles discourage designs that leak internal state via differing responses.

prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly require uniform error handling to prevent information leakage.

References