Check Point Advisories

Nagios XI autodiscovery_component Command Injection (CVE-2020-28648)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2020-3223
Date Published:	26 Jan 2021
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Tuesday 07 November, 2023
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2020-28648
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Nagios XI
Vulnerability Description	A command injection vulnerability exists in Nagios XI. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of the requests submitted to the Auto-Discovery endpoint.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Nagios XI autodiscovery_component Command Injection (CVE-2020-28648) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Nagios XI autodiscovery_component Command Injection (CVE-2020-28648)