CVE-2026-52817: Linuxfabrik Monitoring Plugins · Sudoers may be able to obtain privilege escalation via /usr/bin/apt-get arguments
Affects linuxfabrik-libSource GCVE Database
Public exploit available · CVSS 7.0 High : upgrade to 5.1.0 as a priority.
Data as of 27 Oct 2026, 05:11 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 7% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 5.1.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:PExploitation evidence
t = 0 is the CVE’s publication on cve.org
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 18 Aug 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: evidence found.
CISA SSVC: proof of concept public
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
Timeline
CVE ID reserved
by GitHub, Inc.
, 71 days before disclosure
CVE published
on cve.org
, t = 0
CISA SSVC assessment
proof of concept public
, 22 hours after disclosure
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), CISA SSVC, the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Upgrade linuxfabrik-lib to 5.1.0.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| PyPIlinuxfabrik-lib | Affected
| Fixed in
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AI-suggested
A patch is available that restricts the allowed apt-get commands and arguments in the sudoers file to only those specifically needed by the monitoring plugins. Users should update to linuxfabrik-lib version 5.1.0 or later. Until patched, manually restrict the sudoers entry for apt-get to only allow specific arguments, such as 'apt-get update --quiet 2', to prevent arbitrary command execution. No other mitigation is indicated by the vendor advisory.
Description
Linuxfabrik Monitoring Plugins provides monitoring plugins for Icinga, Nagios, and related systems. Prior to version 5.1.0, the shipped assets/sudoers/Debian.sudoers policy allowed the nagios or icinga account to execute /usr/bin/apt-get as root without restricting its arguments. An attacker who already controls that monitoring account can supply the APT::Update::Pre-Invoke option to execute an arbitrary command while apt-get runs with root privileges, resulting in a root shell and complete compromise of the host. The vulnerable rule supports the check-plugins/deb-updates/deb-updates plugin, but it authorized arbitrary apt-get argument sequences rather than only the required apt-get update --quiet 2 command. This issue is fixed in version 5.1.0.