CVE-2025-23203
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NVD · uneditedIcinga Director is an Icinga config deployment tool. A Security vulnerability has been found starting in version 1.0.0 and prior to 1.10.4 and 1.11.4 on several director endpoints of REST API. To reproduce this vulnerability an authenticated user with permission to access the Director is required (plus api access with regard to the api endpoints). And even though some of these Icinga Director users are restricted from accessing certain objects, are able to retrieve information related to them if their name is known. This makes it possible to change the configuration of these objects by those Icinga Director users restricted from accessing them. This results in further exploitation, data breaches and sensitive information disclosure. Affected endpoints include icingaweb2/director/service, if the host name is left out of the query; icingaweb2/directore/notification; icingaweb2/director/serviceset; and icingaweb2/director/scheduled-downtime. In addition, the endpoint `icingaweb2/director/services?host=filteredHostName` returns a status code 200 even though the services for the host is filtered. This in turn lets the restricted user know that the host `filteredHostName` exists even though the user is restricted from accessing it. This could again result in further exploitation of this information and data breaches. Icinga Director has patches in versions 1.10.4 and 1.11.4. If upgrading is not feasible, disable the director module for the users other than admin role for the time being.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysisThe application discloses data — error detail, internal paths, tokens, or other users' records — to someone who shouldn't see it. On its own it can look minor, but it hands attackers the map they need for a larger attack. Remediation is about minimising what's returned and enforcing authorization on every piece of data.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
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dbcve · scoped1.11.4 (recommended) or 1.10.4
- Identify the currently installed Icinga Director version by checking the module version in Icinga Web 2 or via command line (e.g., icingacli module version director)
- Backup the current Icinga Director configuration and database before upgrading
- Upgrade Icinga Director to version 1.10.4 or 1.11.4 (version 1.11.4 is recommended as it is the latest stable release with the security fix)
- If using composer-based installation: run 'composer update icinga/icingaweb2-module-director' in the Icinga Web 2 module directory
- After upgrade, verify the patch commit (3fcb20178ff1722329bf8689795e6cc8e53a9978) is included by checking the installed version
- Test that restricted users can no longer access objects they are not permitted to view via the affected endpoints
- Alternatively, if upgrading is not feasible immediately, disable the director module for non-admin users by modifying user roles and permissions in Icinga Web 2
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