Nagios Core before 4.5.14 and Nagios XI before 2026R1.7 are vulnerable to authenticated remote code execution via unfiltered NOTIFICATION-family macro substitution through the com_data parameter. When a notification command references $NOTIFICATIONCOMMENT$ or $NOTIFICATIONAUTHOR$ in a shell-reachable position, authenticated UI users can run arbitrary commands as the nagios user. Exploitation requires a non-default configuration in which a notification command references these macros in a shell-executed command line.
History

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Nagios
Nagios nagios Core
Nagios nagios Xi
Vendors & Products Nagios
Nagios nagios Core
Nagios nagios Xi

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 12 Aug 2026 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Nagios Core before 4.5.14 and Nagios XI before 2026R1.7 are vulnerable to authenticated remote code execution via unfiltered NOTIFICATION-family macro substitution through the com_data parameter. When a notification command references $NOTIFICATIONCOMMENT$ or $NOTIFICATIONAUTHOR$ in a shell-reachable position, authenticated UI users can run arbitrary commands as the nagios user. Exploitation requires a non-default configuration in which a notification command references these macros in a shell-executed command line.
Title Nagios Core / XI Authenticated RCE via Unfiltered NOTIFICATION-Family Macro Substitution
Weaknesses CWE-78
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-12T18:01:18.185Z

Reserved: 2026-05-21T18:34:46.418Z

Link: CVE-2026-48554

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-12T18:01:13.507Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-12T17:17:27.840

Modified: 2026-08-12T18:17:30.117

Link: CVE-2026-48554

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-13T09:48:15Z