Nagios Core CSRF via cmd.cgi

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-48548",
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    "title": "Nagios Core CSRF via cmd.cgi",
    "summary": "Nagios Core before 4.5.12 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability in cmd.cgi where the CSRF protection mechanism passes validation when the NagFormId cookie is absent. Attackers can craft a malicious cross-site POST request to execute arbitrary Nagios commands as a currently authenticated user without their knowledge or consent.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:49.429858315Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/48xxx/CVE-2026-48548.json",
        "https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/blob/master/Changelog",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48548",
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  "published_at": "2026-08-26T15:33:59.685+00:00"
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