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High · 8.8 CVE-2026-82413 EUVD-2026-117562

ntopng: authenticated (non-admin) OS command injection via the vulnerability-scan `scan_ports` parameter (`nmap` argument reaches `popen`)

Published Nov 5, 2026 · Updated Nov 9, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

ntopng is a web-based network traffic monitoring application. Prior to 6.7.260717, scripts/lua/rest/v2/add/host/to_scan.lua and scripts/lua/rest/v2/exec/host/schedule_vulnerability_scan.lua accept scan_ports from any authenticated session, including non-administrator users, while deployments with login disabled expose the same request without authentication. The endpoints validate scan_ports with validateSingleWord, which permits shell metacharacters, and persist the value for the minute vulnerability-scan scheduler. The scheduler concatenates the value into an nmap command through nmap_scan_host and executes it through ntop.execCmd or ntop.execCmdAsync using popen. For the tcp_portscan and cve modules, a preliminary nmap -sn probe must first report the target as up before the attacker-controlled ports are used. When nmap is installed, this command injection allows arbitrary operating-system commands to execute as the ntopng service account without further user interaction. This issue is fixed in version 6.7.260717.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
ntop ntopng < 6.7.260717 —

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 24.04 LTS ntopng No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS ntopng No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS ntopng No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS ntopng No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS ntopng No fix yet —

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 ntopng No fix yet —

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