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CVE-2026-73974

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.20% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS · Published 2026-08-18 · Last synced 2026-09-17

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The linuxfabrik-lib and Linuxfabrik Monitoring Plugins prior to specified versions are vulnerable due to improper handling of CSV arguments, allowing attackers with sudo access to read sensitive files from the filesystem. This could lead to unauthorized disclosure of root-readable files, potentially exposing critical system information. Organizations using these products, particularly those with nagios or icinga accounts, should prioritize updating to the patched versions to mitigate this risk.

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CVE
CVE-2026-73974
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.20%
Linux Oracle

Original NVD Description

linuxfabrik-lib provides Python modules for database access, caching, shell execution, and API integrations, and Linuxfabrik Monitoring Plugins uses its shared testing helper across check plugins. Prior to linuxfabrik-lib 6.1.0 and Linuxfabrik Monitoring Plugins 7.0.0, lib.lftest.test() treated the first or second element of a --test CSV argument as a filesystem path and returned the file contents as simulated standard output or standard error without path confinement. The hidden but production-accessible --test argument was accepted by sudo-authorized plugins, so an attacker controlling the nagios or icinga account could use check-plugins/deb-updates/deb-updates with its default QUERY=1 to disclose every line of a root-readable file. Approximately 22 other plugins exposed filtered content or a root file existence and readability oracle through the same helper, while check-plugins/network-bonding/network-bonding and check-plugins/openstack-swift-stat/openstack-swift-stat had direct read paths that bypassed the helper. The library fix confines fixture reads to the invoking plugin's unit-test directory and refuses unsafe anchors, and the plugin fix routes the two bypasses through that helper. These issues are fixed in linuxfabrik-lib 6.1.0 and Linuxfabrik Monitoring Plugins 7.0.0.