CVE-2021-32739

8.8 HIGH
Published: July 15, 2021 Modified: November 03, 2025

Description

Icinga is a monitoring system which checks the availability of network resources, notifies users of outages, and generates performance data for reporting. From version 2.4.0 through version 2.12.4, a vulnerability exists that may allow privilege escalation for authenticated API users. With a read-ony user's credentials, an attacker can view most attributes of all config objects including `ticket_salt` of `ApiListener`. This salt is enough to compute a ticket for every possible common name (CN). A ticket, the master node's certificate, and a self-signed certificate are enough to successfully request the desired certificate from Icinga. That certificate may in turn be used to steal an endpoint or API user's identity. Versions 2.12.5 and 2.11.10 both contain a fix the vulnerability. As a workaround, one may either specify queryable types explicitly or filter out ApiListener objects.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/security/advisories/GHSA-98wp-jc6q-x5q5
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://icinga.com/blog/2021/07/02/releasing-icinga-2-12-5-2-11-10/
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Broken Link Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00010.html
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/security/advisories/GHSA-98wp-jc6q-x5q5
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://icinga.com/blog/2021/07/02/releasing-icinga-2-12-5-2-11-10/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00010.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory

7 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
8.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.5%
80th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

debian icinga