CVE-2026-82413: ntopng: authenticated (non-admin) OS command injection via the vulnerability-scan `scan_ports` parameter (`nmap` argument reaches `popen`)
ntop · ntopng
Affected: ntopng · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)
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Higher than 65% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
ntopng is a web-based network traffic monitoring application. Prior to 6.7.260717, scripts/lua/rest/v2/add/host/to_scan.lua and scripts/lua/rest/v2/exec/host/schedule_vulnerability_scan.lua accept scan_ports from any authenticated session, including non-administrator users, while deployments with login disabled expose the same request without authentication. The endpoints validate scan_ports with validateSingleWord, which permits shell metacharacters, and persist the value for the minute vulnerability-scan scheduler. The scheduler concatenates the value into an nmap command through nmap_scan_host and executes it through ntop.execCmd or ntop.execCmdAsync using popen. For the tcp_portscan and cve modules, a preliminary nmap -sn probe must first report the target as up before the attacker-controlled ports are used. When nmap is installed, this command injection allows arbitrary operating-system commands to execute as the ntopng service account without further user interaction. This issue is fixed in version 6.7.260717.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- ntop · ntopng< 6.7.260717
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- Exploitation
- Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- ntop
- Published
- November 2026
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