CVE-2023-24035

low

Description

An issue was discovered in Nagios XI before 5.9.3. The is_insecure_login_authenticated function uses a insecure timing comparison that leads to an attacker being able to bruteforce the admin password, by measuring timing differences in the comparison.

References

https://www.nagios.com/security-disclosures/

https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-14

Updated: 2026-09-14

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 3.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00767