CVE-2023-53948 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2023-53948

Lilac-Reloaded for Nagios 2.0.8 Remote Code Execution via Autodiscovery

Vulnerability Description

Lilac-Reloaded for Nagios 2.0.8 contains a remote code execution vulnerability in the autodiscovery feature that allows attackers to inject arbitrary commands. Attackers can exploit the lack of input filtering in the nmap_binary parameter to execute a reverse shell by sending a crafted POST request to the autodiscovery endpoint.

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:

  • max / Zoltan Padanyi

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Lilac-Reloaded
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: December 19th, 2025
Last Modified: April 7th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)