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High · 8.8 CVE-2021-32739 EUVD-2021-19513

Results of queries for ApiListener objects include the ticket salt which allows in turn to steal (more privileged) identities

Published Jul 15, 2021 · Updated Nov 3, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Icinga is a monitoring system which checks the availability of network resources, notifies users of outages, and generates performance data for reporting. From version 2.4.0 through version 2.12.4, a vulnerability exists that may allow privilege escalation for authenticated API users. With a read-ony user's credentials, an attacker can view most attributes of all config objects including `ticket_salt` of `ApiListener`. This salt is enough to compute a ticket for every possible common name (CN). A ticket, the master node's certificate, and a self-signed certificate are enough to successfully request the desired certificate from Icinga. That certificate may in turn be used to steal an endpoint or API user's identity. Versions 2.12.5 and 2.11.10 both contain a fix the vulnerability. As a workaround, one may either specify queryable types explicitly or filter out ApiListener objects.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Icinga icinga2 >= 2.4.0, <= 2.12.4 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 icinga2 2.12.5-1 —
Debian 13 icinga2 2.12.5-1 —
Debian 12 icinga2 2.12.5-1 —
Debian 11 icinga2 2.12.3-1+deb11u1 DLA-3953-1
Debian 9 icinga2 2.6.0-2+deb9u2 DLA-2816-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 icinga2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS icinga2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 icinga2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS icinga2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS icinga2 No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS icinga2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS icinga2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS icinga2 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3 icinga2 2.12.5-bp153.2.5.1 openSUSE-SU-2021:1089-1
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP2 icinga2 2.12.5-bp153.2.5.1 openSUSE-SU-2021:1089-1
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP1 icinga2 2.12.5-bp153.2.5.1 openSUSE-SU-2021:1089-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed icinga2 2.13.1-1.3 openSUSE-SU-2024:10856-1
openSUSE Leap 15.3 icinga2 2.12.5-bp153.2.5.1 openSUSE-SU-2021:1089-1
openSUSE Leap 15.2 icinga2 2.12.5-bp153.2.5.1 openSUSE-SU-2021:1089-1

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