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Infoblox NIOS Improper Input Validation Vulnerability Allowing Privilege Escalation

Vulnerability

A vulnerability allowing improper input validation has been identified in Infoblox NIOS versions 8.6.4 and prior, as well as in the 9.x series up to 9.0.3. This vulnerability could be exploited by a user to escalate access to root privileges, enabling the execution of commands with elevated permissions.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized access to root privileges, allowing a user to execute commands with elevated rights on the system.

Remediation

Users can upgrade to Infoblox NIOS version 8.6.5, which addresses this vulnerability. Version 9.x is not affected by this issue.

Added: Jun 9, 2025, 7:46 PM
Updated: Jun 9, 2025, 7:46 PM

Vulnerability Rating

Custom Algorithm
spread
2.6
impact
7.5
exploitability
3.5
remediation
7.7
relevance
0.0
threat
0.0
urgency
2.9
incentive
1.7

Our algorithm analyzes dozens of metrics to generate these 8 key vulnerability categories, which are then combined to calculate the overall risk score.