CVE-2026-73973 (GCVE-0-2026-73973)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-18 21:12 – Updated: 2026-08-19 19:20
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Linuxfabrik Monitoring Plugins: Arbitrary root file disclosure via unconfined --filename in logfile plugin (sudoers LPE)
Summary
Linuxfabrik Monitoring Plugins provides monitoring plugins for Icinga, Nagios, and related systems. Prior to version 7.0.0, check-plugins/logfile/logfile accepted a free-form --filename path and opened it as root when invoked through the shipped nagios or icinga sudoers allowlist, without confining the resolved path to /var/log. An attacker who controls the monitoring account can select a root-readable file such as /etc/shadow and use --warning-regex . while leaving SUPPRESS_OUTPUT false, causing each nonempty line to be collected in warn_matches and returned through lib.base.oao(). The vulnerable flow passes the expanded scan_path directly to open(), and neither real-path containment nor an allowlist protects the sink. The same fix also confines mysql-logfile and openvpn-client-list paths, allows only documented log roots, and resolves symlinks and parent-directory traversal before checking containment. This issue is fixed in version 7.0.0.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-19 19:19 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/Linuxfabrik/monitoring-plugins… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/Linuxfabrik/monitoring-plugins… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/Linuxfabrik/monitoring-plugins… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/Linuxfabrik/monitoring-plugins… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linuxfabrik | monitoring-plugins |
Affected:
< 7.0.0
|
guessed |
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