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Nagios Core / XI CSRF via cmd.cgi Double-Submit Cookie

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Nagios Core before 4.5.13 and Nagios XI before 2026R1.5 contains a CSRF vulnerability in cmd.cgi. When no Cookie header is present, the double-submit cookie protection can be bypassed by supplying matching NagFormId and nagFormId values in the POST body, allowing a cross-site request to execute Nagios commands as a currently authenticated user.

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2026-48549
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
2 Nov 2026, 21:08 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Nagios Core / XI CSRF via cmd.cgi Double-Submit Cookie

core-osv · Original source

Published 26 Aug 2026, 15:37 UTC

Nagios Core before 4.5.13 and Nagios XI before 2026R1.5 contains a CSRF vulnerability in cmd.cgi. When no Cookie header is present, the double-submit cookie protection can be bypassed by supplying matching NagFormId and nagFormId values in the POST body, allowing a cross-site request to execute Nagios commands as a currently authenticated user.

osv:CVE-2026-48549
Complete source record
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