---
id: CVE-2024-58273
title: "Nagios Log Server versions prior to 2024R1.0.2 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows\_an attacker who could execute commands as the Apache web user (or the backend shell user) to escalate to root on the host."
summary: "Nagios Log Server versions prior to 2024R1.0.2 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows\_an attacker who could execute commands as the Apache web user (or the backend shell user) to escalate to root on the host."
severity: high
cvss: 7.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-266
vendor: nagios
product: log_server
affected:
  - log_server < 2024
  - log_server = 2024
patched:
  - log_server 2024
published: '2025-10-30'
updated: '2026-10-02'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-02T00:10:00.180'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-58273'
references:
  - url: 'https://www.nagios.com/changelog/#log-server-2024R1'
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: 'https://www.nagios.com/products/security/#log-server'
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nagios-log-server-lpe-from-apache-backend-shell-user-to-root
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00281
epssPercentile: 0.18562
ingestedAt: '2026-10-02T01:05:54.707Z'
---

## Overview

Nagios Log Server versions prior to 2024R1.0.2 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows an attacker who could execute commands as the Apache web user (or the backend shell user) to escalate to root on the host.

## Affected

- `log_server < 2024`
- `log_server = 2024`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `log_server 2024`