CVE-2022-38250

Nagios XI v5.8.6 was discovered to contain a SQL injection vulnerability via the mib_name parameter at the Manage MIBs page.

Published: 2022-09-07 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-38250 is rated Moderate Risk (62.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.41%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-38250

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 43.95% 2.41% -41.54%
2 2025-10-19 16.11% 43.95% +27.84%
3 2025-09-10 16.11%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-38250

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-38250

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-38250

vendor priority summary link
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-38250
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-38250 medium priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (icinga, nagios3, nagios4), 25 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 11, ignored 9, DNE 5. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38250

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-38250

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
nagios nagios_xi 5.8.6 cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:5.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-38250

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