Known exploited vulnerability

CVE-2018-9276

Paessler PRTG Network Monitor OS Command Injection Vulnerability

What is affected

Vendor Paessler
Product PRTG Network Monitor
Weakness CWE-78

The vulnerability

Paessler PRTG Network Monitor contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows an attacker with administrative privileges to execute commands via the PRTG System Administrator web console.

Required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

US federal civilian agencies were required to act by 25 February 2025 under BOD 22-01. The deadline is a compliance date, not a measure of severity — it says nothing about how dangerous the flaw is to anyone else.

Where this comes from

Every field on this page is taken from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, last synced 12 Nov 2026, 21:26. Nothing here is our own assessment. For the technical scoring, see the NVD record below.

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