vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2020-6581): nagios-nrpe vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Mar 16, 2020 | Jun 26, 2025 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 16, 2020
Added
Jun 26, 2025
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
Nagios NRPE 3.2.1 has Insufficient Filtering because, for example, nasty_metachars interprets \n as the character \ and the character n (not as the \n newline sequence). This can cause command injection.
Solution
no-fix-ubuntu-package
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