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CVE-2025-39666

Severity CVSS v4.0:
CRITICAL
Type:
CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path
Publication date:
07/04/2026
Last modified:
14/04/2026

Description

Local privilege escalation in Checkmk 2.2.0 (EOL), Checkmk 2.3.0 before 2.3.0p46, Checkmk 2.4.0 before 2.4.0p25, and Checkmk 2.5.0 (beta) before 2.5.0b3 allows a site user to escalate their privileges to root, by manipulating files in the site context that are processed when the `omd` administrative command is run by root.

Impact

Vector 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Attack Requirements (AT): None
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): None
Confidentiality (VC): High
Integrity (VI): High
Availability (VA): High
Confidentiality (SC): High
Integrity (SI): High
Availability (SA): High

Base Score 4.0
9.30
Severity 4.0
CRITICAL
Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.30 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
7.30
Severity 3.x
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:b2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:b3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:b4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:b5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:b6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:b7:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:b8:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:i1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:p10:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:p11:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:p12:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:p13:*:*:*:*:*:*

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