CVE-2021-32739
HIGHDescription
Icinga is a monitoring system which checks the availability of network resources, notifies users of outages, and generates performance data for reporting. From version 2.4.0 through version 2.12.4, a vulnerability exists that may allow privilege escalation for authenticated API users. With a read-ony user's credentials, an attacker can view most attributes of all config objects including `ticket_salt` of `ApiListener`. This salt is enough to compute a ticket for every possible common name (CN). A ticket, the master node's certificate, and a self-signed certificate are enough to successfully request the desired certificate from Icinga. That certificate may in turn be used to steal an endpoint or API user's identity. Versions 2.12.5 and 2.11.10 both contain a fix the vulnerability. As a workaround, one may either specify queryable types explicitly or filter out ApiListener objects.
How to fix
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CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 65% of all known CVEs.
References
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| CVE-2025-41244 | High | 7.8 | 8.4% | KEV | Fix |
| CVE-2025-47811 | Medium | 4.1 | 4.8% | - | Fix |
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| CVE-2020-29396 | High | 8.8 | 3.2% | - | - |
| CVE-2019-10169 | Medium | 6.6 | 1.3% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2019-10170 | Medium | 6.6 | 1.2% | - | Fix |
Common questions
How do I fix CVE-2021-32739?
Upgrade icinga2 on debian 12 to 2.12.5-1 or later.
Is CVE-2021-32739 being actively exploited?
Not that we know of. CVE-2021-32739 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.1% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 65% of all scored CVEs.
How severe is CVE-2021-32739?
CVE-2021-32739 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.
What does CVE-2021-32739 affect?
Published advisories record a fix for icinga2 (Debian). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-06-17.