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CVE-2020-6581

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.

  • Published: Mar 16, 2020
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2020-6581
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.3
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 3.7
  • AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Software From Fixed in
nagios / remote_plug_in_executor 3.2.1 3.2.1.x
fedoraproject / fedora 32 32.x