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Nagios vs SolarWinds

Nagios carries 3.6× the disclosed CVE volume of SolarWinds. Volume reflects disclosure practice and install base as much as code quality — read it with the severity mix. Sourced from the NIST NVD; lower counts indicate a smaller disclosed vulnerability surface — not necessarily lower risk.

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Disclosure record

Bars are normalized per row to the larger value; the leading count is emphasized.

Metric comparison: Nagios versus SolarWinds. Each row gives the metric, Nagios’s count on the left and SolarWinds’s count on the right.
NagiosMetricSolarWinds
83Total CVEs23
5Critical21
30High1
48Medium1
0Low0
113Open in latest47
1Product families2
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Risk profile

Each severity band as a share of the vendor's own total — strips out raw volume so the profiles compare directly.

Nagios

6.0% critical
Critical
56.0%
High
3036.1%
Medium
4857.8%
Low
00.0%

SolarWinds

91.3% critical
Critical
2191.3%
High
14.3%
Medium
14.3%
Low
00.0%
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Recent activity

Latest in-window disclosures per vendor, newest first. Each ID links to its NVD record.

Nagios

Recent CVEs affecting Nagios
CVESeverityCVSSPublished
CVE-2026-2043(opens NVD record)High
8.8
Feb 20, 2026
CVE-2026-2042(opens NVD record)High
8.8
Feb 20, 2026
CVE-2026-2041(opens NVD record)High
8.8
Feb 20, 2026
CVE-2025-67255(opens NVD record)High
8.8
Dec 29, 2025
CVE-2025-67254(opens NVD record)High
7.5
Dec 29, 2025
CVE-2025-34288(opens NVD record)Medium
6.7
Dec 16, 2025

SolarWinds

Recent CVEs affecting SolarWinds
CVESeverityCVSSPublished
CVE-2026-28321(opens NVD record)Critical
9.1
Jul 21, 2026
CVE-2026-28317(opens NVD record)Critical
9.1
Jul 21, 2026
CVE-2026-28316(opens NVD record)Critical
9.1
Jul 21, 2026
CVE-2026-28315(opens NVD record)Medium
6.2
Jul 21, 2026
CVE-2026-28314(opens NVD record)Critical
9.1
Jul 21, 2026
CVE-2026-28313(opens NVD record)Critical
9.1
Jul 21, 2026