CVE-2021-37698

7.5 HIGH
Published: August 19, 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. In versions 2.5.0 through 2.13.0, ElasticsearchWriter, GelfWriter, InfluxdbWriter and Influxdb2Writer do not verify the server's certificate despite a certificate authority being specified. Icinga 2 instances which connect to any of the mentioned time series databases (TSDBs) using TLS over a spoofable infrastructure should immediately upgrade to version 2.13.1, 2.12.6, or 2.11.11 to patch the issue. Such instances should also change the credentials (if any) used by the TSDB writer feature to authenticate against the TSDB. There are no workarounds aside from upgrading.

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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:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/releases/tag/v2.11.11
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/releases/tag/v2.12.6
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/releases/tag/v2.13.1
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/security/advisories/GHSA-cxfm-8j5v-5qr2
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Third Party 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/releases/tag/v2.11.11
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/releases/tag/v2.12.6
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/releases/tag/v2.13.1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/security/advisories/GHSA-cxfm-8j5v-5qr2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00010.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory

11 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.2%
37th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

debian icinga