CVE-2026-48548

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-26. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Nagios Core before 4.5.12 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability in cmd.cgi where the CSRF protection mechanism passes validation when the NagFormId cookie is absent. Attackers can craft a malicious cross-site POST request to execute arbitrary Nagios commands as a currently authenticated user without their knowledge or consent.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(high)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity65% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
4%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 26, 2026

Last Modified

August 26, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Aug 26, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Nagios Core CSRF via cmd.cgi | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nagios-core-csrf-via-cmd-cgi
generic

nagioscore/Changelog at master · NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore · GitHub

https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/blob/master/Changelog
generic

Nagios Core Security Disclosures | Nagios Enterprises

https://www.nagios.com/security-disclosures/nagios-core/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-48548(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 13× in last 7d / 13× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-29 11:52 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-29 11:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-28 21:41 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-28 14:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-27 16:12 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-27 16:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-26 18:23 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-26 18:03 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-26 16:21 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-26 15:55 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-26 15:54 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-48548?
CVE-2026-48548 is a medium vulnerability published on August 26, 2026. Nagios Core before 4.5.12 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability in cmd.cgi where the CSRF protection mechanism passes validation when the NagFormId cookie is absent. Attackers can craft a malicious cross-site POST request to execute arbitrary Nagios commands as a currently…
When was CVE-2026-48548 disclosed?
CVE-2026-48548 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 26, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-48548 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-48548 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 96.4% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-48548?
CVE-2026-48548 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-48548?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-48548, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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