CVE-2020-36867 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2020-36867

Nagios XI < 5.7.3 Command Injection in Report PDF Download

Vulnerability Description

Nagios XI versions prior to 5.7.3 contain a command injection vulnerability in the report PDF download/export functionality. User-supplied values used in the PDF generation pipeline or the wrapper that invokes offline/pdf helper utilities were insufficiently validated or improperly escaped, allowing an authenticated attacker who can trigger PDF exports to inject shell metacharacters or arguments.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Christian Weiler

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

XI
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: October 30th, 2025
Last Modified: November 17th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)