CVE-2016-0726

critical

Published 2017-06-06 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2

7.5

VIR risk

9.8

Description

The Fedora Nagios package uses "nagiosadmin" as the default password for the "nagiosadmin" administrator account, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access by leveraging knowledge of the credentials.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0726.html

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
nagios	nagios	`-`

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0726.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1295446

CWEs

CWE-798

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.