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Medium · 6.8 CVE-2026-24413 EUVD-2026-4959

Icinga has insecure permission of %ProgramData%\icinga2\var on Windows

Published Jan 29, 2026 · Updated Jan 29, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Icinga 2 is an open source monitoring system. Starting in version 2.3.0 and prior to versions 2.13.14, 2.14.8, and 2.15.2, the Icinga 2 MSI did not set appropriate permissions for the `%ProgramData%\icinga2\var` folder on Windows. This resulted in the its contents - including the private key of the user and synced configuration - being readable by all local users. All installations on Windows are affected. Versions 2.13.14, 2.14.8, and 2.15.2 contains a fix. There are two possibilities to work around the issue without upgrading Icinga 2. Upgrade Icinga for Windows to at least version v1.13.4, v1.12.4, or v1.11.2. These version will automatically fix the ACLs for the Icinga 2 agent as well. Alternatively, manually update the ACL for the given folder `C:\ProgramData\icinga2\var` (and `C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\modules\icinga-powershell-framework\certificate` to fix the issue for the Icinga for Windows as well) including every sub-folder and item to restrict access for general users, only allowing the Icinga service user and administrators access.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Icinga icinga2 >= 2.3.0, < 2.13.14, >= 2.14.0, < 2.14.8, >= 2.15.0, < 2.15.2 —

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
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
openSUSE Tumbleweed icinga2 2.15.2-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:10113-1

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