7.2High
CVE-2026-61552
Icinga 2 is an open source monitoring system. From 2.4 until 2.14.9, 2.15.4, and 2.16.2, the /v1/objects API writes attacker-controlled template names into generated configuration without escaping them. An authenticated ApiUser with an objects/create/* permission can inject Icinga 2 DSL configuration, escape the intended object, create additional objects, and exceed the user's assigned privileges. This issue is fixed in versions 2.14.9, 2.15.4, and 2.16.2.
What this means for your business
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, with an administrator login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
What to do
- 1Ask your IT team or provider whether any of your systems use the affected product.
- 2If you do, follow the vendor's guidance. No patch reference has been published yet.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 7.2 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Assigned by
- security-advisories@github.com
Dates
- Published
- 2026-09-18
- Last modified
- 2026-09-24
- Sources
- NVD
References
- https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/commit/125b7734e84d03f09b79d36c270152b11629a8c5
- https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/commit/af4b36e6464b9b214bed270a53d6474cf91eb441
- https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/commit/eec0d90e8303376fe772b3e4a04e3b064a44cf30
- https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/commit/faf0450962ad678397991cfdf041810feafa71e7
- https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/pull/10910
- https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/releases/tag/v2.14.9
- https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/releases/tag/v2.15.4
- https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/releases/tag/v2.16.2
- https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/security/advisories/GHSA-jgqj-x5j9-vgcm
- https://icinga.com/blog/icinga2-security-release-v2-16-2